CDP releases non-resident, indirect training numbers for October

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

The CDP conducted 40 non-resident courses for 855 responders and 43 indirect courses for 469 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 majority of non-resident training consisted of law enforcement courses delivered to members of New Mexico’s Department of Public Safety; the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, police department; the West Allis, Wisconsin, police department; and to recruits at the New York City and City of Los Angeles police academies.

Indirect training included the CDP’s Hazardous Materials Awareness, Hospital Emergency Response Training for CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives) Incidents, Law Enforcement Protective Measures for CBRNE Incidents and Standardized Awareness courses delivered to firefighters, medical specialists and law enforcement officers in St. Petersburg, Florida; Fargo, North Dakota; Hilo and Honolulu, Hawaii; Dearborn, Michigan; Dallas, Texas; Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona; and Point Pleasant, West Virginia.   

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.