CDP releases non-resident, indirect training numbers for May

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has released its non-resident and indirect training numbers for May.

The CDP conducted 53 non-resident courses for 1,311 responders and 47 indirect courses for 660 responders during the month, it 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.

The non-resident training included the CDP’s Standardized Awareness Training, Field Force Operations and Law Enforcement Protective Measures for CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives) Incidents courses delivered to law enforcement recruits and officers in Breezy Point, New York; Suffolk County, New York; Mahwah, New Jersey; Davidsonville, Maryland; St. Charles, Missouri; and Las Vegas, Nevada.  

The indirect training included the CDP’s Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents and Hazardous Materials Awareness courses delivered to firefighters, healthcare professionals and others in Lebanon, New Hampshire; Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania; Riverview, Florida; St. Cloud, Minnesota; Lubbock, Texas; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Canon City, Colorado; and Modesto, California.

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.