Twenty-one years ago this month Gavin Donnelly played a role in post 9-11 evidence processing. Six years before that, in 1995, he helped process the scene in Oklahoma City after the Alfred P. Murrah building bombing. This month, he celebrates his one year anniversary working for New Mexico Tech, where he serves as EMRTC’s Training …
Authored by Meadow Crise
A new EMRTC course is providing educators with the tools to act quickly in an emergency event.
The FEMA SME review pilot of the Surviving Bombing Incidents for Educators (SBIE) course took place at EMRTC on June 21, 2022. Ten educator participants were in attendance. On average it takes 7-14 …
On June 22 2022, Oklahoma governor Kevin Stitt issued an executive order aimed at increasing safety in schools. The order, Mission: Secure Oklahoma Schools, came in the wake of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and requires that troopers in the state’s Department of Public Safety must complete certified active shooter emergency response training by …
First responder training course participants benefit from the expertise of several individuals as training courses are planned, developed, and taught. Subject matter experts, course developers and consultants, and course instructors possess decades’ worth of experience and an incredible amount of specific knowledge. One of these experts who has played a key role in multiple EMRTC-offered …
The Center for Domestic Preparedness participated this week in the Black Chief Officers Committee’s (BCOC’s) annual education symposium in St. Louis, Missouri.
The BCOC is comprised of more than 500 black chief officers in the United States, United Kingdom, Africa and the Caribbean, who work to improve the educational and other professional development of minority …
Training offered by FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has benefitted thousands of nursing students in the Southeast.
The CDP works closely with 10 colleges and universities – including three Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) – and provides students with training which helps them meet their school’s graduation requirements.
The CDP’s resident Healthcare Emergency …
A working group gathered at the Center of Domestic Preparedness (CDP) this week to begin outlining the center’s next Tribal Nations Training Week.
The annual event is the largest training event of its type in the Department of Homeland Security, usually attended by about 300 tribal nation responders.
The working group, comprised of responders from …
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released its quarterly report on the effectiveness of its training during the first quarter of 2022.
The report, taken from student surveys and a comparison of pre-tests and final exams, gauges the degree to which students found the training to be appealing and relevant as well as whether …
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is currently assisting with the training of 75 National Guardsmen from three states.
This week, 25 members of the Vermont Air National Guard and 12 soldiers from the Maryland Army National Guard will complete two weeks of training on the CDP campus and 38 guardsmen from New Mexico will …
A Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) employee has been chosen to participate in a Department of Homeland Security working group focused on mental health and wellness.
Kelly Ryan, a supervisory instructional systems specialist at the center, was notified of his selection in May.
The working group’s goal is to develop a comprehensive, research-informed approach to …