CDP releases non-resident, indirect training numbers for June

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

The CDP conducted 49 non-resident courses for 1,806 responders and 68 indirect courses for 1,194 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 June included the Field Force Operations, Field Force Extrication Tactics and Law Enforcement Protective Measures courses delivered to responders representing the Central Virginia Criminal Justice Academy, the Missouri Highway Patrol, the Los Angeles Police Department, and the Washington State Patrol Academy.

Indirect training during June included the CDP’s Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents and Hazardous Materials Awareness courses delivered to responders in  Skowhegan, Maine; Dearborn, Michigan; Rutledge, Tennessee; New Orleans, Louisiana; Colby, Kansas; Sioux City, Iowa; Scottsdale, Arizona; and Hilo, Hawaii.

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.