CDP releases September training numbers
Field Force Operations training at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.
The CDP has released its training numbers for the month of September.
During the month, the Center conducted 37 courses for 1,235 students on its campus in Anniston, AL, and 187 courses for 3,137 students at sites across the U.S. and its territories. Additionally, 1.059 students completed one of the CDP’s four online classes.
Resident training during the month was highlighted by the launch of the Center’s new REP (Radiological Emergency Preparedness) Field Operations Course, which teaches responders how to safely and effectively respond to incidents involving nuclear power plants; healthcare coalitions from California, New Mexico and South Dakota attending the CDP’s Healthcare Coalition Response Leadership Course; and 12 Border Patrol agents from across the U.S. attending the CDP’s Protective Measures for CBRNE Incidents and Field Force Extrication courses.
Non-resident and Indirect training during the month, meanwhile, was highlighted by the delivery of law enforcement courses in support of the Broward County, FL, Sherriff’s Office and the Honolulu, HI, Police Department; and multiple deliveries of the CDP’s FRAME (Framework for Healthcare Emergency Management) Course in Great Neck, NY.