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 creating virtual field force executive course
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness is updating its Field Force Command: Executive Course and transforming it into a Virtual Instructor Led Training offering.
In the Spotlight: Robye Burns
A skilled registered nurse for 20 years, Robye Burns has worked as an instructor and course lead at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness for three years.
Responders can now receive CDP training video alerts
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has created a unique way for both prospective students and alumni to keep up with the center’s video-based training offerings.
Targeted tribal training wraps up
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness recently wrapped up a series of virtual training courses targeted specifically at responders in tribal communities.
Snapshot: HID training
Students participate in a hands-on exercise during Barrier Precautions and Controls for Highly Infectious Disease (HID) training this week at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness.
CDP teams with DisasterReady.org to present highly infectious disease training
This week, the Center for Domestic Preparedness is piloting a partnership with DisasterReady.org in the center’s Barrier Precautions and Controls for Highly Infectious Disease Course (HID).
In the Spotlight: Holly Terrell
Holly Terrell has worked at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness more than 18 years.
CDP Blood Lab undergoes compliance inspection
The Center for Domestic Preparedness underwent another compliance inspection today – this time an assessment of its blood lab by an inspector from the State of Alabama’s Department of Public Health.
Snapshot: HMO training
Responders practice ‘product control techniques’ during Hazardous Material Operations training this week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.
CDP releases Virtual Instructor-Led Training schedule for May
The Center for Domestic Preparedness has released its Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT) schedule for the month of May.