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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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The CDP releases its non-resident and indirect training numbers for October.
CDP releases non-resident, indirect training numbers for October

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

 Spring 2022 course offerings will include several courses that will culminate with CDP's Integrated Capstone Event.
Registration open for March, April course offerings

Prospective students can now register for nearly 100 different resident Center for Domestic Preparedness offerings in March and April 2022, including several courses which will culminate with the center’s extremely popular Integrated Capstone Event.

Students watch a demonstration in the HT Course this week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness. 
Snapshot: HT Course

Students watch a demonstration in the Hazardous Materials Technologies: Sampling, Monitoring, and Detection (HT) Course this week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness. 

CDP has released its number of web-based course completions for October.
CDP releases web-based training numbers for October

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has released its number of web-based course completions for October.

CDP Instructor, Daniel Rodriguez.
In the Spotlight: Daniel Rodriguez

An instructor at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness, Daniel Rodriguez has been a police officer for more than 32 years and currently serves as commander of his department’s special operations division in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

Students from Samford University experience decontamination processes during the HERO Course.
Snapshot: HERO Course

Students experience decontamination processes during the Healthcare Emergency Response Operations for CBRNE Incidents Course this week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP has completed filming of its latest HAZMAT ‘video short’.
CDP finalizing HAZMAT ‘video short’

The Center for Domestic Preparedness has completed filming of its latest microlearning offering – Grounding and Bonding for Liquid Product Transfer.

During HERT training at the CDP, healthcare students triage and ‘decontaminate’ a steady stream of mock ambulatory and non-ambulatory patients.
CDP grads help chemical accident victims

Six responders from Bronx, New York, put their CDP training to use recently, less than a week after graduating from the center’s Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents (HERT) Course.

CDP has seats available in upcoming HID course.
Upcoming HID course has seat openings

The Center for Domestic Preparedness has seats available in its Barrier Precautions and Controls for Highly Infectious Disease (HID) Course slated for delivery November 29 to December 4.

CDP to offer nearly 100 resident training opportunities in March, April.
CDP to offer nearly 100 resident training opportunities in March, April

When registration opens for Center for Domestic Preparedness resident courses in March and April 2022, prospective students will be able to choose from a list of nearly 100 different offerings, including several courses which will culminate with the center’s extremely popular Integrated Capstone Event.