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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 to provide nursing students from southeast 'virtual' training on mass casualty response.
CDP to provide ‘virtual’ training to nursing students across Southeast

Nursing students at five colleges and universities will soon be on the receiving end of mass casualty response training provided FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP will deliver a presentation at this year’s National Preparedness Symposium.
CDP to participate in 2020 National Preparedness Symposium

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has announced that it will deliver a presentation at this year’s National Preparedness Symposium.

Respiratory protection training material to soon be available online.
Some respiratory protection training material to soon be available online

Responders looking to gain valuable respiratory protection skills will soon have a number of online resources to assist them, courtesy of FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness.

‘Shelter Operations in Bio Environment’ subject of new CDP video.
‘Shelter Operations in Bio Environment’ subject of new CDP video

Emergency management trainers from across the country are in the process of putting together a five- to seven-minute video aimed at helping responders safely work in shelters set up to serve those who’ve evacuated from areas contaminated with chemicals or biological agents.

CDP caps record month for online, virtual instructor-led training.
CDP moves online lecture webinars to ‘virtual instructor-led training’ format

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has converted all of its Online Lecture Series (OLS) webinars to the Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT) format.

CDP partners with DisasterReady.org to promote online training.
CDP partners with DisasterReady.org to promote online courses, training videos

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness is partnering with the program DisasterReady.org to promote a number of the center’s virtual (online) training offerings.

CDP reviewing modules of the center’s popular EHTER Ops course.
CDP environmental health course modules under review

Curriculum developers at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness and a group of disaster response subject matter experts are currently reviewing modules of the center’s popular Environmental Health Training in Emergency Response Operations (EHTER Ops) course.

CDP released its Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT) schedule for February.
CDP releases Virtual Instructor-Led Training Schedule for September

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

CDP supports cities hosting 2020 Presidential Debates.
CDP supports cities hosting 2020 Presidential Debates

When the 2020 presidential candidates square off in debates this fall, they’ll have FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness among those to thank for ensuring they are safe during their time in each host city.