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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 to host its 2022 Hurricane Theme Week April 3-9.
CDP to host annual Hurricane Theme Week in April

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) will host its 2022 Hurricane Theme Week April 3-9 on its campus in Anniston, Alabama.

Black Chief Officers Committee tours CDP.
Black Chief Officers Committee tours CDP

Six board members of the Black Chief Officers Committee visited FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness Feb. 23-24 to learn more about the training offered by the center.

Students discuss triage and coding of patients during the HERO course.
Snapshot: HERO triage

Students discuss triage and coding of patients during the Healthcare Emergency Response Operations for CBRNE Incidents (HERO) Course this week at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness.

Instructor Craig Martinez.
Spotlight on: Craig Martinez

A law enforcement instructor at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness, Craig Martinez has more than 20 years of law enforcement experience, including nine years in the Marine Corps and more than 16 as a New York City police officer.

CDP readies for 2022 Tribal Nations Training Week.
CDP readies for 2022 Tribal Nations Training Week

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness is gearing up for its annual Tribal Nations Training Week, the largest event of its type in the Department of Homeland Security.

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Pandemic considerations among CDP web-based offerings

Students examine a subject for radioactivity in the CDP's Radiological Emergency Response Operations (RERO) Course.
Snapshot: RERO Course

Students examine a subject for radioactivity this week in the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Radiological Emergency Response Operations (RERO) Course.

CDP continues work on a mobile app to assist responders in applying for CDP training.
CDP continuing work on mobile app

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness is continuing work on a mobile app to assist responders in applying for CDP training.

CDP released its non-resident and indirect training numbers for January.
CDP releases non-resident, indirect training numbers for January

The CDP this week released its non-resident and indirect training numbers for January.

CDP working with DHS to create a BioWatch Sampling webinar.
CDP, DHS collaborating on BioWatch webinar

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is working with the Department of Homeland Security’s Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Office to create a BioWatch Sampling distance learning webinar.