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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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Responders don protective suits during hazardous materials training at the CDP.
CDP to train those in special chemical operations program

To better protect the public during chemical disasters, the Center for Domestic Preparedness is helping FEMA’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Office develop a Chemical Operations Support Specialist program.

The scene of the climate change protest in Washington, D.C.
CDP training evident in protest response near White House

When law enforcement officers in the District of Columbia recently untethered climate change protestors from a boat in the middle of a busy intersection, just two blocks away from the White House, they did so safely using tactics taught in the CDP’s Field Force Extrication Course.

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Center for Domestic Preparedness to be featured in USA Today

An upcoming issue of USA Today will include a feature article about the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

Field Force Operations training at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.
CDP releases September training numbers

The CDP has released its training numbers for the month of September.

B-17 bomber crash site in Connecticut.
Healthcare team credits CDP training for successful B-17 crash response

A hospital in Hartford, Connecticut has publicly credited FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness for ensuring it was prepared to respond Thursday to the crash of a vintage B-17 bomber at nearby Bradley International Airport.

The pilot of the CDP’s new DREAM course will run from December 16-20.
CDP announces ‘DREAM’ course pilot

The Center for Domestic Preparedness has announced the dates for the pilot of its new DREAM (Disaster Related Exposure Assessment and Monitoring) course.

A responder is welcomed to Tribal Training Week 2019.
Registration open for Tribal Training Week 2020

Registration is now open for the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ next Tribal Training Week, the largest annual tribal training event in the Department of Homeland Security.

Students prepare to take environmental samples during the new Radiological Emergency Preparedness Field Operations Course.
First class of new radiological course ‘in the books’

The Center for Domestic Preparedness presented graduation certificates today to the first group of responders to complete its new Radiological Emergency Preparedness Field Operations Course.

The CDC is looking at possibly collaborating with the Center on highly infectious disease training.
Centers for Disease Control assessing CDP’s highly infectious disease training

As it continues to work to protect the country against highly infectious diseases, the Centers for Disease Control is taking a close look at the CDP’s new highly infectious disease ward and its set of highly infectious disease-related courses.

A student takes a radiological measurement during training at the CDP.
Focus group reviewing CDP’s suite of radiological courses

The Center for Domestic Preparedness’ suite of radiological courses is getting a top-to-bottom examination this week by a team of environmental, emergency management and healthcare representatives from across the county.