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 October resident calendar
The Center for Domestic Preparedness’ just-released resident training calendar for October includes a variety of law enforcement, hazardous materials and healthcare offerings.
In the Spotlight: Julie Cavender
Julie Cavender wears several hats at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), including quality manager and environmental health and safety manager for its medical support services contract, which helps ensure the health and safety of students and instructors while on campus.
Snapshot: Working in formation
Students practice squad formations and movements during Field Force Operations (FFO) training this week at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness. The three-day course teaches law enforcement officers about the types of protests, safe management of crowds and other public order policing responsibilities.
Web-based maps coming to select CDP courses
Interactive, virtual maps will soon be standard in a wide range of courses at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP). The web-based maps will replace paper maps and increase students’ understanding of various data, such as incident response time and resource capabilities, as they work through scenarios in class and during exercises.
CDP, OBP partnership helps boost training for responders
The partnership between FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Office of Bombing Prevention provides added value to the training many responders receive at the CDP.
CDP finalizing VILT for LE leaders
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is putting the final touches on its new Public Order and Public Safety – Executive (POPS-E) Course, which is scheduled for release later this year.
Snapshot: Product Containment
Students secure a valve on a liquid container during this week’s Hazardous Materials Technician Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness. Responders learn several product containment techniques in the five-day course, which prepares them for technician-level hazmat certification.
In the Spotlight: Michael Dunlevy
Since 2015, Michael Dunlevy has been an instructor at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness, specializing in pre-hospital emergency response to mass casualty incidents involving chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive materials.
CDP improving infrastructure, facilities
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) recently completed two sizable paving projects and is gearing up to begin another.
CDP provides emergency management training through distance learning
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness offers responders a library of self-paced, web-based, training offerings which can be accessed anywhere, through a computer or mobile device.