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 …
LSU’s National Center for Biomedical Research and Training/Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education (LSU NCBRT/ACE) serves the national and international emergency response communities, in both the public and private sector. In order to further expand our expert level training and materials to reach as many emergency responders as possible, some in-demand LSU NCBRT/ACE courses will now be …
The Maryland-based team is on the CDP campus to discuss the first artist renderings of new themes for the training bays in the center’s Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility (COBRATF).
Army and COBRATF engineers are also discussing supporting mechanical devices.
The devices will help ensure safe levels of agent concentration is maintained in …
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness recently completed a revision of its Hazardous Materials Technician (HMT) Course.
The revision includes information about two skills not previously included in the curriculum – liquid product transfer and overpacking drums.
With the update, the course is consistent with the latest version of the National Fire Protection Association’s Standard for …
Two graduates of Center for Domestic Preparedness courses were recently featured in newspapers serving the respective towns where they work.
Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Technician Katherine Cunningham was featured in a report in the Monroe (Mississippi) Journal.
Cunningham, a graduate of the CDP’s five-day Hazardous Materials Operations Course, was complimentary of the training, noting she …
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness launched its new Basic Emergency Response Training (BERT) Course in the middle of September.
In a July 30 announcement, the CDP said it would present the inaugural offering of the three-day course the week of September 19-25.
The updated version of the center’s former Technical Emergency Response Training Course is …
