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 finalizing latest microlearning offering
The Center for Domestic Preparedness is preparing a new video short, Identification of Hazardous Materials Using the Seven Clues, for its YouTube training channel.
CDP releases third quarter training survey results
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) recently released its training effectiveness report for the third quarter of fiscal year 2022.
‘HERT’ Course spotlighted on website of national publication
The Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP’s) Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents (HERT) Course is currently featured on the website of a national publication.
Snapshot: HID Skills Training
Medical specialists prepare to clean a wound in this week’s Barrier Precautions and Controls for Highly Infectious Disease (HID) Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.
CDP non-resident training aids large, national events
The Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP’s) non-resident training program began with an urgent need to assist in training first responders in Utah as the nation geared up to host the 2002 Winter Olympics.
NY hospital system conducts first ‘indirect’ HERT class
The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) in New York recently conducted its first indirect delivery of the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP’s) Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents (HERT) Course.
CDP has openings in upcoming IC Course
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has seat openings in its resident Incident Command: Capabilities, Planning and Response Actions for All Hazards (IC) Course in late September.
Snapshot: De-escalation
Students learn to de-escalate situations with subjects armed with weapons other than firearms during this week’s Integrating Communications, Assessment and Tactics Course on the Center for Domestic Preparedness campus. The three-day offering provides law enforcement officers with the skills needed to safely defuse a wide range of such incidents.
CDP releases December resident training calendar
The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released its resident training calendar for the month of December.
In the Spotlight: Joe Hightower
An instructor for the Center for Domestic Preparedness since 2019, Joe Hightower has been a nationally registered paramedic for 30 years.