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 releases non-resident, indirect training numbers for December
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has released its non-resident and indirect training numbers for December.
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 releases May resident course schedule
The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released its resident training calendar for the month of May 2023.
Snapshot: Extrication tools
Responders practice extricating individuals from protester devices this week at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness.
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).
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 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.
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.
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 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.