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.
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
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.
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 develops online Web EOC course
The Center for Domestic Preparedness will soon release a new distance learning offering which we will be a prerequisite for students to attend certain resident courses.
Snapshot: LERA Course
An instructor discusses detonation methods used in homemade explosive devices this week during the Law Enforcement Response Actions for CBRNE Incidents (LERA) Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.
Center for Domestic Preparedness kicks off Tribal-DHS Summit
The Center for Domestic Preparedness earlier this week kicked off the 2021 Tribal - Department of Homeland Security Summit.
In the Spotlight: Frazier Sloan
Frazier Sloan uses the experience he gained from 23 years with Montgomery, Alabama, Fire and Rescue in the hazardous materials courses he teaches at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.
CDP releases web-based training numbers for July
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness this week released its number of web-based course completions for July.
CDP concludes week of training in hurricane-prone area
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness on Thursday wrapped up a near week-long training event involving more than 250 responders in Baldwin County, Alabama – a mostly rural, hurricane-prone area.
Snapshot: FRAME Course
Students learn how to develop, implement and maintain emergency management plans and programs this week in the CDP’s Framework for Healthcare Emergency Management (FRAME) Course.
CDP finalizing plans for updated training bays
The Maryland-based team is on the CDP campus to discuss the first artist renderings of new themes for the training bays in the center’s Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility (COBRATF).
CDP completes HMT update
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness recently completed a revision of its Hazardous Materials Technician (HMT) Course.
Recent grads praise CDP training
Two graduates of Center for Domestic Preparedness courses were recently featured in newspapers serving the respective towns where they work.