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Students from Piedmont University learn to triage and treat patients while wearing PPE during HERO course.
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.

CDP Hazardous Material Operations (HMO) course.
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.

CDP Field Force Extrication (FFE) course.
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 has released its resident training calendar for the months of April and May.
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 and TEEX partnered this week to create an enhanced training experience for their students.
CDP, TEEX hold joint exercise

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) partnered this week to create an enhanced training experience for their students.

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.