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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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Work continues on several projects to update and upgrade the CDP COBRA Training Facility.
Work continues on COBRA enhancements

Work continued this week at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness on several projects to update and upgrade its Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological (COBRA) Training Facility.

The CDP will offer a week of train-the-trainer courses September 11-16.
Instructor Development Training Week scheduled for September

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) will offer a week of train-the-trainer courses September 11-16, which will prepare attendees to deliver select CDP training to other responders in their communities.

CDP grad relies on his training in tornado response.
CDP grad relies on training in tornado response

When an EF-4 tornado struck Winterset, Iowa, on March 5, Diogenes Ayala, director of the Madison County Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency, relied on training he received from FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in his response to the storm.

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

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

CDP hosts National Preparedness Symposium.
CDP hosts National Preparedness Symposium

The 2022 National Preparedness Symposium came to a close today on the campus of FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, Alabama.

Students don personal protective equipment (PPE) in preparation for a mass casualty exercise during HERT Course.
Snapshot: Mass Casualty exercise

Students don personal protective equipment (PPE) in preparation for a mass casualty exercise during this week’s Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents (HERT) Course on the CDP campus.

Information Technology Specialist Chris Pancake.
In the spotlight: Chris Pancake

As an information technology specialist at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness, Chris Pancake assists in maintaining the infrastructure for the CDP’s web portal – which prospective students use to search and apply for training – among other projects.

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

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has released its number of web-based course completions for April.

The 2022 National Preparedness Symposium underway.
National Preparedness Symposium underway

The 2022 National Preparedness Symposium kicked off earlier today on the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) campus.

Students assess a sewage leak during the Environmental Health Training in Emergency Response Operations Course.
Snapshot: EHTER Ops

Students assess a sewage leak during this week’s Environmental Health Training in Emergency Response Operations Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness