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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 has openings in October EMO Course.
Openings in October EMO Course

The Center for Domestic Preparedness has available seats in its Emergency Medical Operations for CBRNE Incidents (EMO) Course October 24-30.

The CDP's Environmental Health Training in Emergency Response Operations Course addresses issues such as drinking water safety and mass feeding facilities during and following a disaster or emergency.
Environmental Health responders sought for October offering

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has seat openings in its Environmental Health Training in Emergency Response Operations (EHTER Ops) Course October 17-23.

Students care for a simulated patient during the HID Course this week at the CDP.
Snapshot: HID Training

Program Specialist, Johnnie Richardson.
In the Spotlight: Johnnie Richardson

For Johnnie Richardson, accepting a job at the Center for Domestic Preparedness in 2018 was a little like coming home.

CDP has released its VILT schedule for the month of September.
CDP releases Virtual Instructor-Led Training schedule for September

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

CDP presents its newly revised HMT course.
CDP presents updated HMT course

This week, FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness presents its newly revised Hazardous Materials Technician (HMT) Course for the first time.

Student practices triaging and decontaminating patients in the CDP’s HERT Course.
Snapshot: HERT Course

Students practice triaging and decontaminating patients this week in the CDP’s Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents (HERT) Course.

CDP contemplates healthcare evacuation course.
CDP contemplates healthcare evacuation course

Those responsible for planning how to evacuate patients from a hospital or other health care facility in the event of an emergency will be pleased to hear the Center for Domestic Preparedness is looking at the possibility of adding a course focused precisely on that to its expansive library of offerings.

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

The Center for Domestic Preparedness this week released its non-resident and indirect training numbers for July.

The BERT course is an updated version of the center’s former TERT course, seen here.
CDP prepares for first BERT class

The first delivery of the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ new Basic Emergency Response Training (BERT) Course is slated September 20-22.