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.
Among the offerings is Basics of WebEOC (Emergency Operations Center), which teaches students the essentials of the emergency management system, including its mapping, communications and other tools. The …
The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is continuing to reduce energy consumption on its campus and promote sustainable energy conservation practices among members of its workforce.
Its Climate Adaptation Initiative efforts support FEMA’s strategic goal related to climate resilience, which says the agency will increase ‘climate literacy’ of the emergency management community and lead a …
Though she already had more than 20 years’ experience in emergency management when she took the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP’s) Framework for Healthcare Emergency Management (FRAME) Course in April, Lisa Screeton came out of the training with a greater understanding of what to expect in a mass casualty event.
“I wish every emergency manager …
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has contingency plans for practically any situation which could alter resident training and that includes construction in one of its most popular on-campus training areas.
When training in the live agent training bays at the CDP’s Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility (COBRATF) was suspended earlier this year, …
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) today hosted a group of Indonesian government officials.
The officials are part of the county’s National Disaster Management Agency (Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana) and visited the CDP to see firsthand how it trains responders from across the nation to both prepare for and respond to natural and man-made disasters.…
Thanks to training received at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), staff of the Indian Health Service in Chinle, Arizona, are better prepared for future epidemics and pandemics.
Owen Le Beau, Chinle Service Unit’s Emergency Management Specialist, says more than 300 staff members of the organization, including one-third of its initial COVID-19 Incident Management Team, …
LSU NCBRT/ACE’s Zoom course schedule for Fall 2022 through Spring 2023 is now available and can be viewed here. The following courses are open for registration at no cost to participants:
The Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP’s) YouTube training channel offers first responders several just-in-time microlearning offerings.
Microlearning takes narrow topics and packages the information into concise products (short videos and podcasts) for those who are time-constrained or unable to devote time to a full class. Individuals can also view or listen to them on a …
A captain for a volunteer fire department in East Tennessee says he used training received at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) when responding to multiple incidents, including wildfires earlier this year near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which impacted more than 100 structures and prompted the evacuation of more than 10,000 people.
Robert …
The Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility (COBRATF) at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness is busy developing scripts for new exercises it plans to incorporate into its refurbished training bays.
The scripts will detail what actions students are expected to perform during the exercises, which will correspond with new vinyl coverings and props that …
