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

The CDP this week released its non-resident and indirect training numbers for March.

CDP has transitioned to paperless evaluations in its non-resident courses.
Snapshot: FFO training

Students practice properly donning and doffing safety equipment during Field Force Operations (FFO) training this week at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP creating new VILT offering focused on crowd dynamics.
CDP preparing ‘crowd dynamics’ VILT

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness is creating a new Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT) offering focused on crowd dynamics.

COBRATF receives highest rating in annual compliance inspection.
COBRA Training Facility receives highest rating in annual compliance inspection

The U.S. Army’s Chemical Biological Center concluded its 2021 Chemical Agent Standard Analytical Reference Material (CASARM) audit of the CDP’s Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility (COBRATF) last week by awarding the site its highest designation of ‘no corrective actions needed.’

CDP Instructor Scott Burgess.
In the Spotlight: Scott Burgess

When he’s not directing day-to-day operations of his fire station in Nashville, Tennessee, Scott Burgess can often be found on the CDP campus, teaching one of the center’s advanced hazardous materials courses.

CDP has released the number of web-based course completions it tallied during June.
CDP releases web-based training numbers for March

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness this week released its number of web-based course completions for March.

CDP completes web-based Community Mass Distribution Operations Course.
CDP completes work on mass distribution operations course

The Center for Domestic Preparedness has completed work on its long-awaited and web-based Community Mass Distribution Operations Course.

CDP's COBRATF kicked off its second virtual CASARM audit.
COBRA Training Facility undergoes second virtual compliance inspection

The Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility (COBRATF) this week kicked off its second virtual Chemical Agent Standard Analytical Reference Material (CASARM) audit by the U.S. Army’s Chemical Biological Center.

CDP formed a working group to enhance its public order policing curriculum.
Working group developing Public Order Policing Program

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has formed a working group to enhance its public order policing curriculum.

CDP launched the first  ‘Response Shorts’ video.
CDP completed work on first ‘Response Short’

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has launched the first of what it hopes will be many video ‘Response Shorts.’