Snapshot: Emergency Response Training
Students from Piedmont University learn to triage and treat patients while wearing personal protective equipment during the Healthcare Emergency Response Operations for CBRNE Incidents (HERO) Course this week at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness.
Snapshot: Hazmat Training
First responders learn technical decontamination procedures during Hazardous Material Operations training this week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness. The CDP’s five-day HMO course provides responders the information and skills required of operations-level HAZMAT technicians.
Snapshot: Extrication Training
The Center for Domestic Preparedness' Field Force Extrication (FFE) course is designed to teach responders techniques to defeat various devices protestors use to illegally block streets and buildings, prolonging public and private service disruptions and public freedom of movement.
CDP releases resident course schedule for April, May
The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released its resident training calendar for the months of April and May.
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CDP offers chemical incident response planning course
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) recently released a new web-based training course designed to support the development of effective chemical incident response and recovery plans: Key Planning Factors and Considerations for Response to and Recovery from a Chemical Incident (Chem KPF).
Snapshot: Radiological Equipment
Students learn to zero out and set up radiation alert equipment in the Radiological Emergency Response Operations (RERO) Course this week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.
Health facility credits CDP for successful incident response
Training provided by FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness is being credited with the successful response to a school bus accident earlier this fall by the Chinle Comprehensive Health Facility in Chinle, Arizona.
CDP releases October resident training numbers
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released the number of course completions recorded in October by those who trained on its campus in Anniston, Alabama.
CDP offers web-based OBP train-the-trainer course
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) offers responders a wide variety of self-paced, web-based training courses which can be accessed anywhere, through a computer or mobile device.
CDP partners with others for 2024 Tribal Nations Training Week
The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) will again partner with several other federal and federally-funded agencies to conduct its annual Tribal Nations Training Week, which is scheduled March 9-16, 2024, on the CDP campus.
Snapshot: Respiratory Protection Course
Students learn to inspect, assemble, and use a self-contained breathing apparatus this week in the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Respiratory Protection: Program Development and Administration Course.
Seats available in December courses
The Center for Domestic Preparedness has seat openings in four courses scheduled during December.
In the Spotlight: Ann Sports
Ann Sports, an instructor at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness since 2015, has over 30 years of public health experience.
CDP staffers assist Idalia survivors
Four employees from the Center for Domestic Preparedness deployed earlier this fall to assist FEMA relief missions in Florida, following Hurricane Idalia, which made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane on August 30.