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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’s virtual, online offerings balloon in 2020.
CDP’s virtual, online offerings balloon in 2020

2020 was an unprecedented year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

CDP training helps with ‘textbook’ response to Nashville bombing.
CDP training helps with ‘textbook’ response to Nashville bombing

When tragedy strikes, our nation’s law enforcement officers, firefighters and emergency medical personnel are typically the first on the scene. And many of them rely on training received from FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP has virtual version of popular HSEP I course in the works.
Virtual version of popular HSEP I course in the works

More than 6,000 people have attended the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Health Sector Emergency Preparedness I course since it was first offered in 2017.

CDP released its Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT) schedule for December.
CDP releases Virtual Instructor-Led Training schedule for December

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

CDP to release the online version of its Emergency Medical Response Awareness course later this month.
Emergency Medical Response Awareness online course due out soon

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness will release the online version of its Emergency Medical Response Awareness course sometime this month.

CDP creating new Biological Operations Response course.
CDP creating new Biological Operations Response course

A new Biological Operations Response course is in development at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP has released the number of web-based course completions for November.
Demand remains high for CDP’s online courses

The number of responders taking and completing free online courses on the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ website continues to grow.

CDP to be featured in  a CDC report about use of moulage in training.
CDP to be featured in report about use of moulage in training

The CDP’s use of moulage will be featured in an upcoming article on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website about the use of moulage in emergency training.

CDP entering its third year of offering expeditionary training to responders.
CDP ‘Expeditionary Training’ capability entering third year

This week FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness is entering its third year of offering expeditionary training to responders, particularly those immediately facing or recovering from disasters.

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

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