The Center for Domestic Preparedness passed its annual Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) inspection April 23 with a rating of ‘substantial compliance.’
The annual CLIA inspection provides an independent and in-depth evaluation of the CDP’s Blood Lab, from how it handles and tests blood samples to how it maintains records. It ensures the facility is …
Hazardous materials training provided by FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness was recently showcased in an article on Firefighter Nation’s website.
The article shares insights from CDP instructors on what they hope each student gleans from the training as well as how the center’s realistic exercise scenarios prepare responders for real-world incidents.
Firefighter Nation reaches …
A team from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) toured FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness May 13, focusing on its Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility (COBRATF).
The visit provided the CDP with design ideas to enhance the existing and new training venues at the COBRATF.
The COBRATF training environment includes seven …
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k, the Center for Domestic Preparedness is piloting a partnership with DisasterReady.org in the center’s Barrier Precautions and Controls for Highly Infectious Disease Course (HID).
In addition to the course instruction and exercises provided by CDP instructional staff, students will complete two DisasterReady courses during the week – Working in an Ebola Treatment …
Earlier this year, the Center for Domestic Preparedness placed its Health Sector Emergency Preparedness I course online. In June, the center will expand on this training with the online version of Health Sector Emergency Preparedness II.
HSEP II is a 16-hour course providing participants – primarily healthcare providers and suppliers – with the tools necessary …
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness today kicked off an extensive training effort geared specifically at responders in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
The center’s Caribbean Area Initiative will result in the delivery of 67 virtual course presentations to responders in the two U.S. territories. It will include multiple deliveries – in both English …
As vaccination rates increase and COVID spread decreases, New Mexico Tech (NMT) Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center (EMRTC) has begun reopening residential training courses both on the New Mexico Tech campus in Socorro and at the Playas Research and Training Center (PRTC) in southwest New Mexico.
The first phase is currently being implemented. Both …
LSU NCBRT/ACE’s work on its web-based Instructor Development Workshop course is featured in the Spring 2021 of FEMA’s TPP Times Newsletter. This course primarily serves to give insight into adult education and enhance the instructional skills and styles of experienced instructors.
The first class for 21 LSU NCBRT/ACE instructors was delivered in August 2020 via …
LSU’s National Center for Biomedical Research and Training has announced its summer schedule for its open national enrollment Zoom courses. These courses are available at no cost to all state, local, tribal and territorial emergency responders. You can find the entire schedule here: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Zoom-Courses-Available-for-Emergency-Responders.html?soid=1115090528044&aid=ysQOzm6phJY
The following courses are available:
NDPTC’s Executive Director, Dr. Karl Kim, recently co-authored with lead author Dr. Bruce Houghton, Science Director of NDPTC and creator of the AWR-233 Volcanic Crises Awareness course, a research article titled “Land, lava, and disaster create a social dilemma after the 2018 eruption of Kīlauea volcano” that was published in the Journal Nature …
