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.
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
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.
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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Video shows responders how to plan for mass casualty surges
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has added another training video to its growing library of online offerings, this one titled ‘Hospital Planning for Mass Casualty Incident Surges.’
Response community reminded of new CDP online, virtual training offerings
Emergency managers and responders are reminded of the numerous online and virtual training offerings the CDP recently developed.
Healthcare curriculum to include new CDC guidance
The Center for Domestic Preparedness is updating some of its healthcare curriculum to include up-to-date CDC guidance created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
COBRA Training Facility passes annual compliance inspection
The Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility (COBRATF) this week (June 1-5) learned that it had passed its annual Chemical Agent Standard Analytical Reference Material (CASARM) audit by the U.S. Army’s Chemical Biological Center.
CDP employee recipient of FEMA Administrator’s Award
Every year, the FEMA Administrator recognizes agency employees who exemplify the organization’s mission of ‘Helping people before, during, and after disasters.’
CDP takes resident Evening Lecture Series virtual
The Center for Domestic Preparedness has been working hard the past two months to make more of its course material for responders available at a distance. The next step in that effort is providing a virtual instructor-led option for its well-known resident Evening Lecture Series.
CDP tribal training featured on DHS webinar series
The Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP’s) Tribal Nations Training Program was featured today (May 20) in a new Department of Homeland Security webinar series.
COBRA Training Facility undergoes virtual compliance inspection
The Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility (COBRATF) this week (May 18-22) kicked off its annual Chemical Agent Standard Analytical Reference Material (CASARM) audit by the U.S. Army’s Chemical Biological Center.
CDP resident training to include ‘Community Lifelines’ information
The Center for Domestic Preparedness will soon incorporate information about FEMA ‘Community Lifelines’ into some of its advanced first responder classes.
CDP unveils FY2021 Training Strategy
The Center for Domestic Preparedness has formally unveiled its training strategy for FY2021.