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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CDP Releases August Training Numbers
The CDP has released its training numbers for the month of August.
Students learn how to treat patients with highly infectious diseases during themed training week
Ebola was the focus of the CDP’s Highly Infectious Disease Theme Week Aug. 27-31, and for the 81 students enrolled in the Healthcare Leadership (HCL) and Barrier Precautions for Highly Infectious Diseases (HID) courses.
CDP unveils ‘Backyard Ambassador’ initiative
The Center for Domestic Preparedness is hoping to make Calhoun County, AL – the county in which the FEMA training institution is located – one of the ’most prepared’ counties in the nation.
National Disaster Medical Service trains at CDP
The HHS National Disaster Medical Service (NDMS) trained at the CDP in late August.
COURSE SPOTLIGHT: Technical Emergency Response Training for CBRNE Incidents (TERT)
Technical Emergency Response Training for CBRNE Incidents (TERT) is a four-day course that provides responders with chemical-, biological-, radiological-, nuclear- and explosive- (CBRNE-) specific and all-hazards response skills enabling them to respond safely to events with those materials.
Center challenges Coast Guard Hazardous Material Technicians
More than 100 Coast Guardsmen trained at the CDP in 2017, and 110 are scheduled to be trained in 2018.
CDP Releases July Training Numbers
The CDP has released its training numbers for the month of July.
CDP braves another ‘September to Remember’
It’s been another busy month for the CDP. While some of the Center’s attention was drawn toward disaster support (‘We’re FEMA — This is what we do’), it pressed forward with its unique, traditional mission of training state, local and tribal and territorial responders how to deal with a wide range of hazardous incidents.
CDP to host ‘Highly Infectious Disease’-themed training week
The Center for Domestic Preparedness will host a Highly Infectious Disease-themed Training Week August 27-31 on its campus in Anniston, Ala.
CDP releases training #’s for first half of 2018
The CDP has released its training numbers for the first half of 2018.