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Students from Piedmont University learn to triage and treat patients while wearing PPE during HERO course.
Snapshot: Emergency Response Training

Students from Piedmont University learn to triage and treat patients while wearing personal protective equipment during the Healthcare Emergency Response Operations for CBRNE Incidents (HERO) Course this week at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP Hazardous Material Operations (HMO) course.
Snapshot: Hazmat Training

First responders learn technical decontamination procedures during Hazardous Material Operations training this week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness. The CDP’s five-day HMO course provides responders the information and skills required of operations-level HAZMAT technicians.

CDP Field Force Extrication (FFE) course.
Snapshot: Extrication Training

The Center for Domestic Preparedness' Field Force Extrication (FFE) course is designed to teach responders techniques to defeat various devices protestors use to illegally block streets and buildings, prolonging public and private service disruptions and public freedom of movement.

CDP has released its resident training calendar for the months of April and May.
CDP releases resident course schedule for April, May

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released its resident training calendar for the months of April and May.

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A family member looks at the "survivors" of a subway accident in one of the center’s training venues.
Bring Your Family to Work Day

Kent Latimer has worked at the Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, Ala., on and off since 2004, first as a contractor and now as a federal employee. But, in those nine years, his wife, Kim, has never really had a chance to see what her husband does as a CDP training specialist. She didn't even know what his office looked like. That changed last week when the CDP hosted its "Bring Your Fa...

CDP Alumnus Issue 11 cover
CDP Alumnus Issue 11

Welcome to the eleventh issue of the CDP Alumnus, a quarterly newsletter for Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) students, alumni, and others interested in the CDP.

Michael Connolly, Boston Police Officer, answers questions from local media following his comments at the CDP's 15th Anniversary celebration in June. Connolly credits CDP training for his unit's response following the Boston Marathon bombing.
Boston PD Finds CDP Training Valuable After Bombings

After two explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, April 15, three people were killed and more than 260 others injured. Although, shocked by the event, Boston and federal law enforcement spent the next four days conducting a full-scale manhunt. Boston Police Officer Michael Connolly, responded as the crisis unfolded. In 2012 Officer Connolly's department sent a small group to the Ce...

The CDP created an urban area street scene featuring businesses, apartments, alleyways, a loading area, and other features found in a city environment.
CDP Takes Training to the Streets With New Streetscape

Creating a training environment that captures a person's attention and mirrors a real-life atmosphere is almost a mandatory training requirement in a modern age of technology and creative design. Recently the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) introduced an impressive addition to their adult-learning environment: A cityscape that models a city block, complete with buildings, sidewalks and a tw...

Northville, located at the CDP's COBRA Training Facility, now more resembles an actual town that contains a school, fire department, police station, and sandwich shop. For the past several months the CDP has added new paint, indoor furnishings, and signage on the building exteriors.
Northville - Not Your Average Gated Community

Nestled amongst the McClellan pines lays a small town visited weekly by guests from around the nation. This town is unlike a storybook city or holiday retreat enjoyed by vacationers. It’s called Northville and its Zip Code has gone unlisted for nearly 15 years.

Three students participating in the Junior Law Enforcement Academy sketch the scene of a simulated subway accident and possible crime scene at the CDP. The CDP hosted 13 teenagers from the 2013 Junior Law Enforcement Academy recently. Pictured left to right, Mary Prosser, age 17, from White Plains,
CDP Opens Doors to Junior Law Enforcement Academy

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) hosted 13 teenagers from the 2013 Junior Law Enforcement Academy recently. The teens ranged in age from 15-18 and have shown an interest in possibly making law enforcement a career. This is the fourth academy sponsored by the Anniston Police Department (APD) and the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department.

The Center for Domestic Preparedness Training Facility
Center for Domestic Preparedness Celebrates 15 Years

In 1998, when the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) opened its doors, the CDP was only expected to train as many as 10,000 emergency responders a year. Now, 15 years later, the CDP averages 60,000 emergency response personnel a year. June 1st marked a milestone for the CDP and more than 350 guests, employees and students gathered to celebrate its anniversary, June 3rd.

Danielle Hazen, Fire Fighter and EMT from Morris Township Fire Department, N.J.
EMS: One Mission. One Team

National Emergency Medical Services week is celebrated each year during the third week in May, this year's theme-EMS: One Mission. One Team. National EMS Week highlights and honors EMS providers who dedicate their profession to saving lives daily. EMS Week is an opportunity to recognize those emergency medical personnel serving on the front line of medicine and emergency care.

HERT members decontaminate a simulated survivor before allowed admittance into the hospital. The latest ICE brought together four courses.
ICE Merges Four Courses in Mass Casualty Response

More than 160 students, ranging from hazardous materials workers and healthcare to law enforcement and emergency management trained together during the CDP’s latest Integrated Capstone Event (ICE). Four courses merged as a scenario simulating a mass casualty event unfolded.

More than 140 Pennsylvanians, representing emergency management, physicians, nurses, public health, and emergency medical services, attended training at the CDP recently.
Penn. Commonwealth Healthcare Systems Better Prepared for Mass Casualty Response

More than 140 Pennsylvanians representing emergency managers, physicians, nurses, public health officials, and emergency medical services attended training at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) recently. The attendees received extensive training specific to their professions, including healthcare leadership and decision making, emergency medical response to a mass casualty incident, and ho...