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FEMA Resumes In-Person Trainings at National Schoolhouses
FEMA Resumes In-Person Trainings at National Schoolhouses

In-person training will resume in early June at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (https://cdp.dhs.gov), the National Fire Academy and the National Disaster & Emergency Management University.

CDP has released its resident training calendar for the month of June.
CDP releases June resident course schedule

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released its resident training calendar for the month of June.

The CDP recorded more than 3,000 course completions by first responders from Louisiana in the past five years. Consequently, it’s safe to assume numerous CDP grads were among those helping ensure the safety of fans and players at Super Bowl LIX.
CDP grads ensure safe Super Bowl LIX

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness recorded more than 3,000 course completions by first responders from Louisiana in the past five years.

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) will host its 2025 Law Enforcement Theme Week March 9-15 on the center’s campus in Anniston, Alabama.
CDP plans 2025 Law Enforcement Training Week

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) will host its 2025 Law Enforcement Theme Week March 9-15 on the center’s campus in Anniston, Alabama.

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The CDP this week delivered a pilot iteration of its new Public Order and Public Safety-Basic Course.
CDP conducts pilot iteration of POPS-Basic

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) this week delivered a pilot iteration of its new Public Order and Public Safety-Basic (POPS-B) Course.

TSP Manager Susan Gardner.
In the Spotlight: Susan Gardner

Susan Gardner has been part of the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) team since 2001, ensuring students have the informational materials they need for their courses.

CDP has released the number of web-based course completions it tallied during October.
CDP releases web-based training numbers for October

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released the number of web-based course completions it tallied during October.

CDP joins with other organizations to honor civil rights icon Charles Person.
CDP joins with other organizations to honor civil rights icon

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) joined the National Fire Administration, representatives of the City of Atlanta and several national firefighter organizations in early November to recognize civil rights pioneer Charles Person as he was ceremoniously made an honorary fire chief.

CDP offers chemical incident response planning course.
CDP offers chemical incident response planning course

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) recently released a new web-based training course designed to support the development of effective chemical incident response and recovery plans: Key Planning Factors and Considerations for Response to and Recovery from a Chemical Incident (Chem KPF).

Students learn to zero out and set up radiation alert equipment in the RERO course.
Snapshot: Radiological Equipment

Students learn to zero out and set up radiation alert equipment in the Radiological Emergency Response Operations (RERO) Course this week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

Chinle health facility credits CDP for successful incident response.
Health facility credits CDP for successful incident response

Training provided by FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness is being credited with the successful response to a school bus accident earlier this fall by the Chinle Comprehensive Health Facility in Chinle, Arizona.

CDP has released the number of resident course completions recorded in October.
CDP releases October resident training numbers

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released the number of course completions recorded in October by those who trained on its campus in Anniston, Alabama.

CDP offers web-based OBP train-the-trainer course.
CDP offers web-based OBP train-the-trainer course

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) offers responders a wide variety of self-paced, web-based training courses which can be accessed anywhere, through a computer or mobile device.

CDP partners with others for 2024 Tribal Nations Training Week.
CDP partners with others for 2024 Tribal Nations Training Week

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) will again partner with several other federal and federally-funded agencies to conduct its annual Tribal Nations Training Week, which is scheduled March 9-16, 2024, on the CDP campus.