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 developing mass dispensing ops course
When healthcare professionals across the nation begin dispensing a COVID-19 vaccine, many of them will have FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness to thank for training them how to set up and operate an efficient and smooth mass dispensing operation.
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 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.
CDP latest online courses centered on infectious diseases
Talk about being ‘Right on time.’
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
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 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 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 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 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.