CDP’s August resident courses are available for registration
Students can now register for the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP) August resident training calendar.
CDP releases resident course schedule for July
Students can now register for the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP) July resident training calendar.
Snapshot: Field Force Operations
Law enforcement officers learn proper crowd-control formations during Field Force Operations (FFO) training at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness.
CDP resumes delivery of healthcare courses
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‘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.
Online course preps students for resident classes, real-world situations
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness offers responders a wide variety of self-paced, web-based training courses which can be accessed anywhere, through a computer or mobile device. Among the offerings is Basics of WebEOC, which teaches students the essentials of the emergency management system, including its mapping, communications and other tools. The independent study course takes about an ho...
Snapshot: Simulations
Responders learn about ambulance simulations used in training at the Center for Domestic Preparedness during this week’s Radiological Emergency Response Operations Course. The five-day resident course teaches students how to respond to a radiological incident through lectures, hands-on training and practical exercises.