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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 offers hazmat awareness distance learning course.
CDP offers hazmat awareness distance learning course

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.

CDP has released its resident training calendar for the month of May.
CDP releases May resident course schedule

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released its resident training calendar for the month of May 2023.

Responders practice extricating individuals from protester devices this week at the CDP.
Snapshot: Extrication tools

Responders practice extricating individuals from protester devices this week at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP hosted a senior level focus group of executives from the Black Chief Officers Committee (BCOC).
CDP hosts international firefighters organization executives

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness this week hosted a senior level focus group of executives from the Black Chief Officers Committee (BCOC).

Work Order Manager Dorothy Ping.
In the Spotlight: Dorothy Ping

Later this year, Dorothy Ping, better known to most people as Dot, will celebrate 20 years of working at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP).

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

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

Students review the details of an incident at a mall on a busy shopping day in the CDP's HCL Course.
Snapshot: HCL Course

Students review the details of an incident at a mall on a busy shopping day in the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Healthcare Leadership for Mass Casualty Incidents Course.

FEMA's Center for Domestic Preparedness met numerous training needs in 2022.
CDP met numerous training needs in 2022

State, local, tribal and territorial responders recorded 57,537 course completions in 2022 in training offerings provided by FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP).

CDP is gearing up for its annual Tribal Nations Training Week, the largest event of its type in DHS.
CDP readies for 2023 Tribal Nations Training Week

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is gearing up for its annual Tribal Nations Training Week, the largest event of its type in the Department of Homeland Security.

Law enforcement officers practice using extrication tools in the FFE course.
Snapshot: Extrication Drill

Law enforcement officers practice using extrication tools in the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Field Force Extrication Tactics Course.