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Students operate a hospital emergency operations center during a simulated mass casualty incident in HCL course.
Snapshot: Emergency Operations

Students operate a hospital emergency operations center during a simulated mass casualty incident in this week’s Healthcare Leadership for Mass Casualty Incidents Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP Instructor Chad Hawkins.
In the Spotlight: Chad Hawkins

Chad Hawkins has been a hazardous materials instructor for the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) since 2017.

CDP offers online course in WebEOC basics.
CDP offers online course in WebEOC basics

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.

Students learn about types of respiratory masks and their fit testing procedures during RP course.
Snapshot: Respiratory Protection Course

Students learn about types of respiratory masks and their fit testing procedures this week in the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Respiratory Protection: Program Development and Administration Course.

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CDP recently finalized revisions of its new Hazardous Materials Officer Course (HMOC).
CDP finalizes Hazardous Materials Officer Course

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) recently finalized revisions of its new Hazardous Materials Officer Course (HMOC).

Students in the HCL check out mobile radios as they begin to respond to a simulated bus accident.
Snapshot: HCL exercise

Students in the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Healthcare Leadership for Mass Casualty Incidents Course (HCL) check out mobile radios as they begin to respond to a simulated bus accident.

CDP plans summer release of HMT refresher course.
CDP plans summer release of HMT refresher course

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) expects to finalize and release a self-paced, web-based refresher version of its resident Hazardous Materials Technician (HMT) Course this summer.

Statistical Support Specialist Marshay Clayborn.
In the Spotlight: Marshay Clayborn

Marshay Clayborn has supported training at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) for more than two decades.

CDP has released web-based training numbers for April.
CDP releases web-based training numbers for April

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released the number of web-based course completions it recorded during April.

CDP will offer a week of on-campus train-the-trainer courses September 10-15.
CDP Instructor Development Training Week scheduled

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) will offer a week of on-campus train-the-trainer courses September 10-15.

Responders learn to identify chemical and explosive hazards in this week’s LERA course.
Snapshot: Hazardous material identification

Responders learn to identify chemical and explosive hazards in this week’s Law Enforcement Response Actions for CBRNE Incidents (LERA) Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP continues training bay enhancements at COBRA Training Facility.
COBRA continues training bay enhancements

The Center for Domestic Preparedness this week installed several props in the training bays of its Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility (COBRATF).

CDP has released its resident training calendar for the month of September.
CDP releases list of September resident course offerings

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released its resident training calendar for the month of September, which includes a week devoted to train-the-trainer classes.

CDP, with its history of CBRNE training would play key role in potential CBRNE Center of Excellence.
CDP would play key role in potential CBRNE Center of Excellence

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is looking to cultivate its partnerships with the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) and FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute and develop a virtual Chemical, Biological, Nuclear, Radiological and Explosive (CBNRE) Center of Excellence (CoE).