After four years of development, EMRTC is now offering Drone Assessment and Response Tactics (DART) courses designed to train emergency personnel to respond to Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) threats. The first course was piloted in 2019. Currently three DART courses are available to provide emergency personnel with the knowledge and necessary skills to detect, identify, …
The Center for Domestic Preparedness is developing a 1.5- to 2-hour Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT) program for healthcare facility patient evacuation in the event of a disaster or emergency.
The VILT is currently anticipated to be available in early calendar year 2022.
Given lessons learned from hospitals and healthcare facilities which have had to conduct …
The Center for Domestic Preparedness is in the process of expanding the number of video shorts on its YouTube training channel.
The video shorts, which are less than 10 minutes in length, allow responders to gain knowledge on a variety of law enforcement, healthcare and hazardous material topics without enrolling or traveling.
Up next for …
Students learn to use radiation detection equipment this week during the inaugural delivery of the CDP’s Basic Emergency Response Training (BERT) Course. The three-day resident offering teaches responders how to identify basic hazardous materials, survey and assess scenes with hazardous materials, triage and decontaminate casualties, and choose and operate a number of hazardous materials detection …
The Center for Domestic Preparedness recently completed an update of its Managing Public Information for All Hazards Incidents (MPI) Course.
The update incorporates lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The health crisis confirmed a need for organizations to have strong public information and crisis communication plans in place, said the course lead, Candy Waylock.
“The …
Responders interested in applying for Center for Domestic Preparedness training will soon be able to do so with the help of a mobile app.
The CDP app will be available for download on both Apple and Android phones and allow prospective students to establish a CDP training account. Prospective students and alumni will also be …
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 …
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 …