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Students operate a hospital emergency operations center during a simulated mass casualty incident in HCL course.
Snapshot: Emergency Operations

Students operate a hospital emergency operations center during a simulated mass casualty incident in this week’s Healthcare Leadership for Mass Casualty Incidents Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP Instructor Chad Hawkins.
In the Spotlight: Chad Hawkins

Chad Hawkins has been a hazardous materials instructor for the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) since 2017.

CDP offers online course in WebEOC basics.
CDP offers online course in WebEOC basics

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.

Students learn about types of respiratory masks and their fit testing procedures during RP course.
Snapshot: Respiratory Protection Course

Students learn about types of respiratory masks and their fit testing procedures this week in the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Respiratory Protection: Program Development and Administration Course.

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CDP continues work on COBRA enhancements.
CDP updating COBRA training scenarios

The Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility (COBRATF) at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness is busy developing scripts for new exercises it plans to incorporate into its refurbished training bays.

CDP recently launched its Public Order and Public Safety – Executive (POPS-E) Course.
CDP releases new law enforcement VILT

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) recently launched its Public Order and Public Safety – Executive (POPS-E) Course.

CDP releases its non-resident and indirect training numbers for June.
CDP releases non-resident, indirect training numbers for June

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has released its non-resident and indirect training numbers for June.

CDP among the organizations being credited with ensuring an incident-free 2022 World Games earlier this month.
Safe World Games owed, in part, to CDP training

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is among the organizations being credited with ensuring an incident-free 2022 World Games earlier this month.

Law enforcement officers search the scene of a simulated hazardous material incident during this week’s HOT-LE Course.
Snapshot: Hands-On Training

Law enforcement officers search the scene of a simulated hazardous material incident during this week’s Intermediate Hands-On Training for CBRNE Incidents: Law Enforcement Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP has released its resident training calendar for the month of November.
CDP releases November resident calendar

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

Resident Training Team Lead Laura Amerson.
In the Spotlight: Laura Amerson

Laura Amerson, a contract resident training team lead at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), enjoys knowing she’s part of an organization which helps ensure the nation’s preparedness.

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

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

CDP has added toxic gas response and sampling refresher courses to its distance learning library.
Toxic gas response and sampling refresher courses released

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has added two new courses to its distance learning library – Toxic Gas-Forming Reactions Training (TRO) and Post-BioWatch Actionable Result Sampling Refresher Training (Post-BAR).

Students learn how to operate monitoring and detection equipment during the HT course.
Snapshot: Hazardous Materials Detection

Students learn how to operate monitoring and detection equipment during the Hazardous Materials Technologies: Sampling, Monitoring, and Detection (HT) Course on the CDP campus.