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 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.
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.