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.
Need to contact External Affairs?
CDP unveils latest Strategic Plan
The Center for Domestic Preparedness has formally unveiled its latest strategic plan.
CDP to be featured in national publication
The CDP will be featured in the July issue of the American Journal of Disaster Medicine.
CDP unveils ‘new’ Emergency Operations Center
Ken Spears isn’t hoping to have the CDP’s ‘new’ emergency operations center baptized anytime soon. But, he says the EOC, which recently underwent an extensive renovation, is ready, should it need to be put into action.
CDP hosts annual Complex Coordinated Attack Theme Week
The Center for Domestic Preparedness hosted its 2019 Complex Coordinated Attack Theme Week June 10-14 on its campus in Anniston, AL.
Responder lauds CDP healthcare training
CDP alum lauds training, says it helped him deal with traumatic experiences.
CDP Releases May Training Numbers
The CDP has released its training numbers for the month of May.
CDP preps responders for 2020 Republican National Convention
More than 70 law enforcement specialists from North Carolina attended CDP non-resident training this week to enhance their skills in advance of the 2020 Republic National Convention in Charlotte.
Students to train in new protective suits
Students attending select courses at the CDP’s COBRA (Chemical, Ordnance, Biological, and Radiological) Training Facility will soon be outfitted with Blauer XRT suits when they train here.
CDP completes massive kitchen expansion
The CDP now has the capacity to feed more than 1,000 students three meals a day.
CDP developing medical ‘Overwhelming Trauma Events’ course
The CDP is now one-step closer to developing its new ‘Medical Response to Overwhelming, No-Notice Trauma Events’ course.