The Center for Domestic Preparedness this week conducted the initial resident offering of its Hazardous Materials Awareness Train-the-Trainer (HMA TtT) Course.
The eight-hour class prepares individuals to teach the Hazardous Materials Awareness (HMA) Course to fellow responders. Prospective instructors will walk through the most vital areas of the course, then teach the course in its …
On the heels of its recent successes in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, the Center for Domestic Preparedness is anticipating an expansion of its training activity in those locations.
In June, the center virtually delivered multiple offerings of its Emergency Medical Response Awareness (EMRA), Health Sector Emergency Preparedness (HSEP) I and II, and …
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness is currently renovating one of its student dormitories, with improvements to another slated to begin next year.
The renovation of all nine dorms on the CDP campus began in 2010. Since then, six dorms have been updated.
As each dorm is modernized, it is outfitted with a new heating and …
LSU’s National Center for Biomedical Research and Training/Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education (NCBRT/ACE) is using its training to give emergency responders in Oklahoma the tools to benefit their own communities.
On November 1-5, LSU NCBRT/ACE subject matter experts taught a series of trainings in Oklahoma City for over 60 law enforcement officers, emergency management personnel, and …
Sheriff’s Deputies in Collier County, Florida applied training gained from New Mexico Tech’s PRSBI-Tactical course. Several graduates of the PRSBI-Tactical course were assigned for service of a search warrant on a child pornography suspect. While performing the search they noticed numerous plastic tubes and empty cardboard which were recognized as items used in the production …
Those responsible for planning how to evacuate patients from a hospital or other health care facility in the event of an emergency will be pleased to hear the Center for Domestic Preparedness is looking at the possibility of adding a course focused precisely on that to its expansive library of offerings.
The CDP’s curriculum development …
The Center for Domestic Preparedness will soon release a new distance learning offering which we will be a prerequisite for students to attend certain resident courses.
The Web EOC (Emergency Operations Center) distance learning offering will walk students through the basics of the system, to include its various mapping, communications, and other tools. It was …
The Center for Domestic Preparedness earlier this week kicked off the 2021 Tribal – Department of Homeland Security Summit.
The four-day virtual gathering brought together tribal representatives and department cyber professionals, grants specialists, training providers and others to discuss needs and available resources in those areas.
The CDP encouraged tribal responders to participate in the …
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness this week released its number of web-based course completions for July.
The CDP recorded 2,270 web-based course completions during the month. Completions result from responders taking one or more Virtual-Instructor-Led Training presentations or one or more self-paced courses in the center’s online training library.
The CDP currently has a catalog …
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness on Thursday wrapped up a near week-long training event involving more than 250 responders in Baldwin County, Alabama – a mostly rural, hurricane-prone area.
The event consisted of three days of virtual instructor-led training on a wide range of topics, including hazardous materials, healthcare, and public information. This was followed …
