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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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.
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
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has several projects planned to make its campus more energy efficient.
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 releases web-based training numbers for September
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has released its number of web-based course completions for September.
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.
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.
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 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
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.