Snapshot: Hazardous Evidence Collection
Responders practice skills in analyzing a crime scene with potential contamination during Evidence Collection in a Hazardous Materials Environment (HEC) course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.
Field force training a focus for Law Enforcement Theme Week at CDP
The Center for Domestic Preparedness will train law enforcement officers to respond to a variety of incidents during its Law Enforcement Theme Week, September 20-26 at the center’s Anniston, Alabama campus.
Snapshot: Detecting hazardous materials
First responders prepare instruments and kits for use during a hazardous materials detection exercise in the Hazardous Materials Technologies: Sampling, Monitoring, and Detection (HT) course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP).
CDP Law Enforcement Theme Week includes hazardous materials response
The Center for Domestic Preparedness will train law enforcement officers to respond to a variety of incidents, including those in hazardous environments, during its Law Enforcement Theme Week, September 20-26 at the center’s Anniston, Alabama, campus.
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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.
CDP works to create Climate Adaption Initiative
The Center for Domestic Preparedness is continuing to reduce energy consumption on its campus and promote sustainable energy conservation practices among members of its workforce.
CDP grad sings praises of FRAME training
Though she already had more than 20 years’ experience in emergency management when she took the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP’s) Framework for Healthcare Emergency Management (FRAME) Course in April, Lisa Screeton came out of the training with a greater understanding of what to expect in a mass casualty event.