CDP training enhances preparedness for 2022 World Games
CDP among the organizations being credited with ensuring an incident-free 2022 World Games earlier this month.
When the 2022 World Games begin this week, they will be supported by more than 1,200 first responders throughout the City of Birmingham and Jefferson County, Alabama, who received training delivered by the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP).
Most of the more than 75 courses, delivered since the beginning of 2021, focused on healthcare and public order policing, with responders completing the CDP’s Emergency Medical Response Awareness for CBRNE Incidents, Healthcare Emergency Response Operations for CBRNE Incidents, Field Force Operations, Protective Measures, Field Force Command and Planning for Executives, and Surveillance Detection courses.
Additionally, many of the responders benefitted from the delivery of numerous CDP Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT) courses, non-resident training and a virtual integrated capstone exercise in early March, which tested their response to potential threats associated with large-scale events.
The efforts built on earlier, games-related training the center provided to the city and county, such as Incident Command training on the CDP campus, which was attended by more than 40 Birmingham-area officials in early 2020.
The World Games are expected to bring approximately 3,600 athletes and tens of thousands of spectators to the area July 7-17. They’re held every four years and feature a range of sports, including gymnastics, karate, handball, lacrosse, softball, archery, bowling, powerlifting and squash.