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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In the Spotlight: Mel Maurice
A law enforcement instructor at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), Mel Maurice is a recently retired detective with over 32 years of experience in emergency services.
Online course details bomb threat response
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.
‘Virtual’ tribal nations training kicks off
The Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP) Tribal Nations Training Week goes virtual starting today.
CDP wraps up 2023 Tribal Nations Training Week
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness today wrapped up its 8th annual Tribal Nations Training Week, which was themed ‘Healing the Nations. Strong, Unified, Prepared.’
Snapshot: Mock press conference
Students hold a mock press conference during training this week at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness.
CDP hosts eighth annual Tribal Nations Training Week
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is currently conducting its 8th annual Tribal Nations Training Week.
CDP partners with NEHA to train environmental health leaders
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness recently formed a partnership with the National Environmental Health Association to provide the center’s Environmental Health Training in Emergency Response Operations course to environmental health professionals in the NEHA’s Leadership Academy Program.
CDP releases schedule for July resident courses
The Center for Domestic Preparedness has released its resident training calendar for the month of July.
Students rely on CDP training during, following fire
When an electrical fire occurred last month at a Signature Healthcare medical facility in Brockton, Massachusetts, employees there used things they’d been taught in Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) training to establish an incident command and safely evacuate all patients and staff.
Snapshot: EHTER Ops shelter assessment
Students assess health and safety requirements for displaced individuals during a simulated exercise this week in the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Environmental Health Training in Emergency Response Operations Course.