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.
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
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.
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 finalizes Hazardous Materials Officer Course
The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) recently finalized revisions of its new Hazardous Materials Officer Course (HMOC).
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
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.
In the Spotlight: Marshay Clayborn
Marshay Clayborn has supported training at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) for more than two decades.
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 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.
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.
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 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 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).