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 employees participate in critical medical training
More than 100 federal and contract employees at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) have completed the agency’s Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) Active Bystander Course.
CDP to host law enforcement-themed training week
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) will host a law enforcement-themed training week Nov. 17-23 on its campus in Anniston, Alabama.
CDP hosts Tribal Nations Training Week working group
A working group gathered at the Center of Domestic Preparedness (CDP) May 27-31 to begin outlining the center’s next Tribal Nations Training Week.
CDP facility passes annual compliance inspection
The Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP’s) Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility (COBRATF) recently passed its annual Chemical Agent Standard Analytical Reference Material (CASARM) audit.
DFTO supports New Mexico claims offices
Members of the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Disaster Field Training Operations team are supporting FEMA claims offices in Santa Fe, Mora, and Las Vegas, New Mexico, for the 2022 Hermit’s Peak and Calf Canyon fires.
CDP training benefits Pennsylvania health system
The emergency preparedness coordinator for a nine-hospital health system in Pennsylvania credits the Center for Domestic Preparedness for successful responses by system employees to multiple mass casualty incidents over the past decade.
CDP hosts 2024 National Preparedness Symposium
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is hosting the 2024 National Preparedness Symposium this week on its campus in Anniston, Alabama.
COBRA Training Facility undergoes virtual compliance inspection
The Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility is preparing to undergo its annual Chemical Agent Standard Analytical Reference Material (CASARM) audit – one of several routine examinations of the facility by experts from the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and other organizations.
CDP hosting 2024 Hurricane Theme Week
It’s Hurricane Theme Week this week at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP).
CDP kicks off virtual Tribal Nations Training
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has started the virtual portion of its annual Tribal Nations Training Week.