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 continues work on community response, EOC training concept
The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is continuing to hone a concept it’s been working on for training and exercising select community response agencies and emergency operations centers.
CDP releases non-resident, indirect training numbers for December
The CDP this week released its non-resident and indirect training numbers for December.
Snapshot: Hazmat detection
An instructor demonstrates the use of thermal imaging equipment during this week’s Hazardous Materials Technician Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.
CDP releases web-based training numbers for December
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has released its number of web-based course completions for December.
CDP readies release of HMO refresher course
The Center for Domestic Preparedness has completed a much-anticipated web-based refresher version of its resident Hazardous Materials Operations (HMO) Course.
In the spotlight: Charles “Bill” Reneau
A program specialist in the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Training and Education Directorate, Charles ‘Bill’ Reneau has more than three decades of experience in public health, emergency management and health systems performance.
Virtual options available for Tribal Nations Training Week 2022
Participants in this year’s Tribal Nations Training Week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness will be able to choose from 16 web-based courses in addition to in-person training offered at the center.
Snapshot: HERT Course
Students learn to use radiation detection equipment during Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents (HERT) training this week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.
Tornado response likely included CDP alumni
When a series of devastating tornadoes tore through the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic in early December, leaving destruction, despair and grief in their wake, hundreds of responders sprang into action to tend to the storms’ survivors.
Tribal Nations Training Week 2022 includes 8 resident courses
Responders are reminded the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ annual Tribal Nations Training Week, March 5-12, will include eight courses on the center’s campus in Anniston, Alabama.