CDP releases non-resident, indirect training numbers for November

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

The CDP conducted 47 non-resident courses for 1,679 responders and 66 indirect courses for 1,030 responders during the month, the report 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 November included the CDP’s Field Force Operations and Law Enforcement Response Actions for CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive) Incidents courses delivered to responders in Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; and Los Angeles, California.

Indirect training during November included the CDP’s Hazardous Materials Awareness; Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents; Integrating Communications, Assessment and Tactics; and Law Enforcement Protective Measures courses delivered to responders in Jersey City, New Jersey; Davidsonville, Maryland; Lacrosse, Virginia; Point Pleasant, West Virginia; Orlando, Florida; Alexandria, Minnesota; Devils Lake, North Dakota; Cochise, Arizona; Loma Linda, California; and Honolulu, 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.