CDP releases non-resident, indirect training numbers for April

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) this week released its non-resident and indirect training numbers for April.

The CDP conducted 41 non-resident courses for 966 responders and 51 indirect courses for 875 responders during the month, the release said.

Non-resident courses are delivered by contract CDP instructors at locations across the United States. Indirect courses are delivered by volunteer responders to others in their organization, community, or both. The volunteer responders must be graduates of the courses they instruct as well as that course’s associated train-the-trainer course.       

Non-resident training during April included the center’s Emergency Medical Response Awareness for CBRNE Incidents, Field Force Extrication, and Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents courses delivered to responders in Birmingham, Alabama; Broward County, Florida; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Indirect training during April included the CDP’s Hazardous Materials Awareness and Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents courses delivered to responders in Torrington, Connecticut; Garden City, New York; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Dearborn, Indiana; Rutledge, Tennessee; Arlington and Lubbock, Texas; Fargo, North Dakota; Hobbs, New Mexico; Missoula, Montana; and Spokane, Washington.

Since opening in 1998, the CDP has trained more than 1.3 million responders. That number includes responders trained online; on the CDP’s campus in Anniston, Alabama; and at locations across the United States and its territories.