Snapshot: Hospital Emergency Response Training
Responders practice triage and decontamination procedures during the Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents (HERT) Course at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness.
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.
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CDP hosts Indonesia government officials
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) today hosted a group of Indonesian government officials.
CDP training boosts Indian Health Service responders’ confidence
Thanks to training received at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), staff of the Indian Health Service in Chinle, Arizona, are better prepared for future epidemics and pandemics.
CDP channel features just-in-time training
The Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP’s) YouTube training channel offers first responders several just-in-time microlearning offerings.
Congressional staffers visit CDP campus
A group of congressional staff members visited FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) Monday to see firsthand how it trains responders from across the nation to both prepare for and respond to natural and man-made disasters.
Snapshot: ICE
Healthcare Leadership for Mass Casualty Incidents Course students discuss a patient’s care during an Integrated Capstone Event (ICE) on the Center for Domestic Preparedness campus.
Law Enforcement focus of upcoming train-the-trainer courses
Law enforcement courses make up three of the seven training opportunities during the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP) Instructor Training Week scheduled for September 11-16.
In the Spotlight: Greg Allen
An instructor at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) since 2016, Greg Allen is a retired fire chief who managed a hazardous materials team covering 12 counties.
CDP supports disaster response training of FEMA employees
While FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) teaches responders how to respond to a variety of hazardous events, it also provides administrative and logistical support to FEMA’s Incident Workforce Academy (FIWA) which ensures the agency’s 20,000 employees and reservists are prepared to support states, communities and survivors in the aftermath of disasters.
Fire Captain touts value of CDP training
A captain for a volunteer fire department in East Tennessee says he used training received at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) when responding to multiple incidents, including wildfires earlier this year near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which impacted more than 100 structures and prompted the evacuation of more than 10,000 people.
Snapshot: HazMat survey
National Guardsmen practice surveying a staged crime scene during the start of hazardous materials evidence collection training this week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.