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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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Students can now get campus information by touching one of three new information monitors on campus.
Students can now get campus information ‘on demand’

Students attending resident training at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) can now get many of their questions about the center and surrounding area answered simply by touching one of three new information monitors on campus.

CDP has released its non-resident and indirect training numbers for January.
CDP releases non-resident, indirect training numbers for January

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

Alumni from the CDP were among those ensuring the safety of fans and players for Super Bowl LVII.
CDP grads ensure safety of fans for Super Bowl LVII

When the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles faced off Sunday in Glendale, Arizona, for Super Bowl LVII, alumni from FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) were among those ensuring the safety of fans and players at the event and in the surrounding communities.

Two senior nursing students explain their diagnosis of a ‘patient’ during training this week at the CDP.
Snapshot: HERO/EMRA

Two senior nursing students from Piedmont College in Georgia explain their diagnosis of a ‘patient’ during training this week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP).

CDP recently released its training effectiveness report for calendar year 2022. 
CDP releases training survey results

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) recently released its training effectiveness report for calendar year 2022. 

IT Senior Systems Administrator Jesse Clausen.
In the Spotlight: Jesse Clausen

IT Senior Systems Administrator Jesse Clausen has been supporting training provided by the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) since 2016.

CDP released its number of web-based course completions for January.
CDP releases web-based training numbers for January

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released its number of web-based course completions for January.

CDP released its training effectiveness report for the second quarter of FY23.
CDP releases June resident course schedule

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released its resident training calendar for the month of June.

Responders work to contain a simulated hazardous materials leak during training in the HMT course.
Snapshot: Hazmat Response

Responders work to contain a simulated hazardous materials leak during training this week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP has numerous construction projects planned during the remainder of 2023.
CDP begins numerous construction projects

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has numerous construction projects planned during the remainder of 2023.