NDMS: Center for Domestic Preparedness Training

More than 50 healthcare professionals and trainers with the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) trained at FEMA's Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP). "We have 8,000 employees combined into 86 response teams around the country," said Dr. Andrew Garrett, a physician and director of the NDMS. "Our overall mission for DMATs is to support communities with medical care after a disaster. We have collaboratively developed and are testing a workable mode for training and the CDP provides the perfect location for us to do so. I think we are close to having a turnkey solution to executing a modern and effective training strategy that will serve NDMS and the public very well." The goal of the training is to develop capability and consistency within the teams. DMAT teams are located across the United States, so training all of them presents some logistical challenges. Offering a unified training course, attended by multiple professionals from multiple regions, will establish an effective, reproducible training standard. For more information, visit www.phe.gov/ndms. For more information on the training activities, visit https://cdp.dhs.gov/news-media/articles/ndms-builds-capabilities-with-fundamentals-course/ .