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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CDP releases May resident course schedule
The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released its resident training calendar for the month of May.
CDP releases non-resident, indirect training numbers for December
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) this week released its non-resident and indirect training numbers for December.
Snapshot: Preparedness exercise
Students discuss an emergency department’s trauma capabilities prior to an influx of simulated patients in this week’s Healthcare Leadership for Mass Casualty Incidents Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.
In the Spotlight: Derick Reaves
Derick Reaves has been a paramedic at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) since 2001.
CDP coordinating virtual tribal training
The Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP’s) will conduct its 10th annual Tribal Nations Training Week April 26-May 3.
CDP passes biosafety inspection
The CDP’s Chemical, Ordnance, Biological, and Radiological Training Facility (COBRATF) recently passed an inspection conducted by the Department of Homeland Security’s Compliance Assurance Program Office.
CDP releases web-based training numbers for December
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released the number of its web-based course completions for December.
Snapshot: Containment
Students learn to minimize waterway contamination during the Hazardous Materials Operations (HMO) Course this week at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP).
CDP medical personnel attend air transport training
Medics employed by FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) participated in training recently, where they were taught the capabilities of medical transport helicopters as well as the communication and other needs of support personnel on the ground.
CDP releases resident training numbers for December
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released the number of course completions recorded in December by those who trained on its campus in Anniston, Alabama.