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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Snapshot: Hazardous Materials Detection
Students learn how to operate monitoring and detection equipment during the Hazardous Materials Technologies: Sampling, Monitoring, and Detection (HT) Course on the CDP campus.
CDP course focuses on radiological incident safety
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.
CDP training enhances preparedness for 2022 World Games
When the 2022 World Games begin this week, they will be supported by more than 1,200 first responders throughout the City of Birmingham and Jefferson County, Alabama, who received training delivered by the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP).
Snapshot: Instructor Training
A student delivers a presentation during this week’s Instructor Training Course (ITC) on the Center for Domestic Preparedness campus.
CDP participates in BCOC education symposium
The Center for Domestic Preparedness participated this week in the Black Chief Officers Committee’s (BCOC’s) annual education symposium in St. Louis, Missouri.
CDP continues to build on Caribbean Area Initiative
Since the beginning of 2021, FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has recorded more than 1,300 Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT) course completions by responders in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Nursing students benefit from CDP training
Training offered by FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has benefitted thousands of nursing students in the Southeast.
CDP incorporating climate information into training
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) will soon include information in select courses on how members of law enforcement can be impacted by climate and weather.
Snapshot: HMA Course
Students discuss various regulations during this week’s Hazardous Materials Awareness (HMA) Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.
Working group starts mapping out 2023 Tribal Nations Training Week
A working group gathered at the Center of Domestic Preparedness (CDP) this week to begin outlining the center’s next Tribal Nations Training Week.