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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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Students question ‘individuals who discovered a strange package’ in a RERO Course exercise at the CDP.
Snapshot: Radiological Emergency Response Operations

Students question ‘individuals who discovered a strange package’ in a Radiological Emergency Response Operations (RERO) Course exercise this week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP's COBRATF underwent an inspection by a team from the DHS Compliance Assurance Program Office.
CDP laboratories sail through compliance inspection

The CDP’s Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility (COBRATF) underwent an inspection this week by a team from the Department of Homeland Security’s Compliance Assurance Program Office.

Chemist, LaToya Harmon.
In the Spotlight: LaToya Harmon

LaToya Harmon has been with the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological (COBRA) Training Facility since 2015.

CDP continues development on an updated version of FFC-E course.
Work continues on updated FFC-E Course

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness is continuing to develop an updated version of its Field Force Command: Executive Course, which it hopes to launch as early as the spring of 2022.

CDP has released its VILT schedule for November.
CDP releases Virtual Instructor-Led Training schedule for November

The Center for Domestic Preparedness has released its Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT) schedule for the month of November.

Responders assess potential contamination ‘victims’ during this week’s EHTER Operations at the CDP.
Snapshot: EHTER Operations

Responders assess potential contamination ‘victims’ during this week’s Environmental Health Training in Emergency Response Operations Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP adds microlearning offerings to its training catalog.
Microlearning offerings among CDP virtual training options

To better provide responders with instruction where and when they want it, the Center for Domestic Preparedness added microlearning offerings to its training catalog.

CDP continues work on medical ‘Overwhelming Trauma Events’ course.
CDP continues work on medical ‘Overwhelming Trauma Events’ course

Work continues on development of the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Medical Response to Overwhelming, No-Notice Trauma Events Course.

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

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

CDP to release the Hazardous Materials Operations Refresher course, adding to its inventory of online training offerings.
HMO Refresher Course set for release

The Center for Domestic Preparedness will release a Hazardous Materials Operations Refresher (HMO-R) course this month, adding to the center’s growing inventory of online training offerings.