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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 learn how to assess and analyze threats in the  IC Course this week at the CDP.
Snapshot: Incident Command Training

Students learn how to assess and analyze threats in the Incident Command: Capabilities, Planning and Response Actions for All-Hazards Course this week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

Upcoming projects will make CDP more energy efficient.
Upcoming projects will make CDP more energy efficient

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has several projects planned to make its campus more energy efficient.

CDP Instructor, Candy  Waylock.
In the Spotlight: Candy Waylock

A reporter and certified emergency manager in the Atlanta metro area, Candy Waylock also instructs classes for several government organizations, including Georgia’s Emergency Management Agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

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

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

CDP's new chemical ops offering now set for late 2021, early 2022 release.
New chemical ops offering now set for late 2021, early 2022 release

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness says it will now be later this year or early 2022 before its new Chemical Operations Support Specialist Course is ready for delivery.

The CDP's new medical clinic is now open inside the center's COBRA training facility.
New CDP medical clinic now open

The Center for Domestic Preparedness’ new medical clinic is now open inside the center’s Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological training facility.

Students question ‘earthquake survivors’ in the DREAM Course.
Snapshot: DREAM course

Students question ‘earthquake survivors’ in the Disaster-Related Exposure Assessment and Monitoring (DREAM) Course this week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP finalized its resident course schedule through February 2022.
CDP schedules courses through February 2022

The Center for Domestic Preparedness recently finalized its resident course schedule through February 2022.

Student depends on CDP training following train derailment.
Student depends on CDP training following train derailment

When a passenger train derailed in Montana last month, a Center for Domestic Preparedness alumnus found herself using the skills she was taught here in January.

CDP 'Evening Lecture Series' previously offered exclusively to resident students are now incorporated in its VILT library.
CDP offers online lectures

Center for Domestic Preparedness lectures previously offered in the evening exclusively to resident students are now incorporated in its Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT) library.