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 …
The Center for Domestic Preparedness has completed work on its long-awaited and web-based Community Mass Distribution Operations Course.
The 90-minute virtual instructor-led training course teaches responders how to plan for and conduct large-scale distribution operations, particularly following a catastrophic event or other disaster.
Location selection, staffing and security are among the topics discussed.
More information …
LSU NCBRT/ACE’s April newsletter is now available. The newsletter includes the April open national enrollment course schedule, information on NCBRT/ACE’s newest podcast series, and information on tribal training.
Access the April newsletter and subscribe to LSU NCBRT/ACE’s email list: https://conta.cc/3foqbyJ…
The Center for Domestic Preparedness has been busy recently creating the first of what it hopes will be many video ‘Response Shorts.’
The initial video is focused on Fentanyl awareness and based on White House and other best practices for avoiding exposure to that and other synthetic opioids. The target audience for the 4.5-minute offering …
Curriculum developers and instructors at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness are busy creating a virtual version of the center’s Respiratory Protection: Program Development and Administration (RP) course.
The resident version of the course is three days long and includes a number of hands-on activities at the center’s Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological, or COBRA, training …
Curriculum developers at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness are currently ‘storyboarding’ a Hazardous Materials Operations Refresher course to add to the center’s growing inventory of online training offerings.
The developers say when it’s completed, the course will be between 4 and 8 hours in length and provide “a comprehensive review of all hazardous materials operations …
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness continually enhances its training platforms to ensure responders are prepared for any situations they may encounter.
Among those platforms is the center’s Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological (COBRA) Training Facility.
Improvements to the facility’s training bays are currently being eyed for improvement by a group of training managers, curriculum developers …
A virtual version of the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Health Sector Emergency Preparedness course is now available.
The 8-hour course was developed to help health care providers and suppliers adhere to a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rule issued in 2016. The rule requires the providers and suppliers to establish and maintain an emergency …
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness will be highlighted in an upcoming issue of American Police Beat magazine.
APB has a circulation of approximately 31,000, including most police chiefs and sheriffs across the country.
The article will detail the various types of training provided by the CDP with a focus on resident, non-resident and distance learning …
