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 releases non-resident, indirect training numbers for April
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) this week released its non-resident and indirect training numbers for April.
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.