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 Superintendent featured on Florida sheriff’s podcast
A ‘Shop Talk with the Sheriff’ podcast posted earlier today features Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) Superintendent Tony Russell.
CDP hosts law enforcement working group
A nation-wide working group of federal and civilian law enforcement officers is meeting at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) this week to review curriculum for a new Public Order and Safety Course developed by the Federal Protective Service (FPS) and taught at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia.
CDP partnering on healthcare video short
The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is now partnering with the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center (NETEC) to produce its Healthcare Provider Down microlearning video.
CDP releases February resident training numbers
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released the number of course completions recorded in February from those who trained on its campus in Anniston, Alabama.
Snapshot: Protective Actions
Students discuss the use of protective equipment in this week’s Hazardous Materials Awareness Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.
CDP hosts ‘Freedom Rider’ Charles Person
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) hosted a presentation Wednesday by Charles Person, the youngest member of the original ‘Freedom Riders.’
In the Spotlight: Keshawn Long
Keshawn Long has been a hazardous materials instructor since 2017, but his hazmat experience began during service in the Alabama Air National Guard (ANG).
CDP starts campus improvement projects
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) started work this week on three new construction projects.
CDP offers online emergency medical response course
The CDP offers the Emergency Medical Response Awareness for CBRNE Incidents dL Course, which teaches students about caring for people who’ve been exposed to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) materials.
Snapshot: Radiation detection
Students are shown how to properly operate radiation detection equipment during the Hazardous Materials Technologies: Sampling, Monitoring, and Detection (HT) Course this week on the CDP campus.