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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 wraps up annual Hurricane Theme Week.
CDP wraps up annual Hurricane Theme Week

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness wrapped up its annual Hurricane Theme Week today on its campus in Anniston, Alabama.

Responders secure the scene of a simulated hazardous material incident during HOT-LE course.
Snapshot: HOT-LE

Responders secure 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 concludes its annual Tribal Nations Training Week.
CDP wraps more than a month of tribal-focused training

This week, FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness concludes its annual Tribal Nations Training Week.

CDP's COBRATF currently undergoing its annual Chemical Agent Standard Analytical Reference Material (CASARM) audit.
CASARM audit commences at COBRA

The Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility at the Center for Domestic Preparedness is currently undergoing its annual Chemical Agent Standard Analytical Reference Material (CASARM) audit – one of several routine examinations of the facility by experts from the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and others.

Highlighting opening day of Hurricane Theme Week at the CDP was a lecture by local meteorologists.
CDP kicks off annual Hurricane Theme Week

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness kicked off its annual Hurricane Theme Week today on its campus in Anniston, Alabama.

Students participate in a practical exercise during Hazardous Material Technician training.
Snapshot: HMT Course

Students participate in a practical exercise during Hazardous Material Technician training this week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP's new Chemical Operations Support Specialist Course is about 75 percent complete.
New chemical ops offering nearing completion

Curriculum developers at the Center for Domestic Preparedness said this week the center’s new Chemical Operations Support Specialist Course is about 75 percent complete.

CDP is installing a variety of outdoor fitness equipment in its Responder Lodging Complex.
CDP installing outdoor fitness equipment

To assist responders in maintaining physical fitness levels while they’re attending resident training, FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness is installing a variety of outdoor fitness equipment in its Responder Lodging Complex.

Tribal responders enhance knowledge, skills with virtual learning.
Tribal responders enhance knowledge, skills with virtual learning

More than 50 responders have completed virtual training offered by FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness as part of its annual Tribal Nations Training Week.

CDP COBRA Training Facility prepares for bay upgrades.
COBRA Training Facility prepares for bay upgrades

The Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological (COBRA) Training Facility at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness will soon start integrating new themes into its training bays.