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Students learn decon procedures during HMO training at the CDP.
Snapshot: Learning to decon

Students learn decontamination procedures for a non-ambulatory patient during Hazardous Material Operations training this week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

Snapshot: Learning to decon

Students learn decon procedures during HMO training at the CDP.

The CDP has seat openings in offerings of its LEPM and SNS courses in January.
CDP has openings in upcoming classes

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has seat openings in offerings of its Law Enforcement Protective Measures for Complex Incidents (LEPM) and Introduction to SNS Operations (SNS) courses in January.

Law enforcement students take samples of potential evidence during the CDP's Evidence Collection in a Hazardous Materials Environment Course.
Snapshot: Evidence Collection

Law enforcement students take samples of potential evidence during the CDP's Evidence Collection in a Hazardous Materials Environment Course.

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CDP distance learning course teaches bomb material awareness.
Distance learning course teaches bomb material awareness

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.

Responders practice safely removing a protester from a device during the CDP’s FFE course.
Snapshot: FFE Course

Responders practice safely removing a protester from a device during the CDP’s Field Force Extrication Tactics (FFE) course.

CDP partnered with the Alabama Fire College Regional Training Center to provide hazmat training to fire recruits.
CDP provides hazmat training to Alabama fire recruits

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) partnered with the Alabama Fire College’s Regional Training Center in Anniston last week to teach its Hazardous Materials Operations (HMO) Course to 18 fire recruits.

Contract Non-resident and Indirect Training Lead Rebecca Carr.
In the Spotlight: Rebecca Carr

Rebecca Carr, the contract non-resident and indirect training lead at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), has held several positions in her 23-year career here.

CDP has released the  number of web-based course completions it recorded during March.
CDP releases web-based training numbers for September

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

CDP creating ‘Healthcare Provider Down’ video.
CDP creating ‘Healthcare Provider Down’ video

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is creating a video which shows healthcare providers how to safely evacuate a fellow provider who has become incapacitated while treating a patient with an infectious disease.

Responders participate in an exercise during the Emergency Medical Operations for CBRNE Incidents (EMO) Course.
Snapshot: Emergency Medical Operations

Responders participate in an exercise during this week’s Emergency Medical Operations for CBRNE Incidents (EMO) Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP updates its Barrier Precautions and Controls for Highly Infectious Disease (HID) Course.
CDP implements HID course updates

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) recently updated its Barrier Precautions and Controls for Highly Infectious Disease (HID) Course.

CDP continues work on COBRA enhancements.
Work continues on COBRA enhancements

The Center for Domestic Preparedness will soon begin installing vinyl coverings to the walls of the training bays in its Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility (COBRATF).

CDP released its resident training calendar for the month of February.
February CDP resident training schedule set

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