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Responders practice skills analyzing a crime scene with potential contamination in the HEC course.
Snapshot: Hazardous Evidence Collection

Responders practice skills in analyzing a crime scene with potential contamination during Evidence Collection in a Hazardous Materials Environment (HEC) course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP to train law enforcement officers to respond to a variety of incidents during Law Enforcement Theme Week.
Field force training a focus for Law Enforcement Theme Week at CDP

The Center for Domestic Preparedness will train law enforcement officers to respond to a variety of incidents during its Law Enforcement Theme Week, September 20-26 at the center’s Anniston, Alabama campus.

First responders prepare instruments & kits for use during hazardous materials detection exercise in HT course.
Snapshot: Detecting hazardous materials

First responders prepare instruments and kits for use during a hazardous materials detection exercise in the Hazardous Materials Technologies: Sampling, Monitoring, and Detection (HT) course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP).

CDP Law Enforcement Theme Week includes hazardous materials response.
CDP Law Enforcement Theme Week includes hazardous materials response

The Center for Domestic Preparedness will train law enforcement officers to respond to a variety of incidents, including those in hazardous environments, during its Law Enforcement Theme Week, September 20-26 at the center’s Anniston, Alabama, campus.

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CDP considering COBRA entry for HMT students.
CDP considering COBRA entry for HMT students

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is currently reviewing the curriculum for its Hazardous Materials Technician (HMT) Course to see which tasks students can perform in the training bays at its Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility (COBRATF).

CDP released the number of its web-based course completions for January.
CDP releases web-based training numbers for January

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released the number of its web-based course completions for January.

Cybersecurity among featured tracks for CDP Tribal Nations Training Week.
CDP offers virtual Tribal Nations Training

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) hosts an annual Tribal Nations Training Week, the largest event of its type in the Department of Homeland Security.

CDP alumni ensure safe Super Bowl LVIII
CDP alumni ensure safe Super Bowl LVIII

Nevada first responders collectively tallied more than 2,500 Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) course completions during the past three years.

An instructor discusses proper patient triage coding procedures during the HERO course.
Snapshot: Healthcare response training

An instructor discusses proper patient triage coding procedures during the Healthcare Emergency Response Operations for CBRNE Incidents (HERO) Course at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness.

Indirect Training Specialist Michelle Hammond.
In the Spotlight: Michelle Hammond

Michelle Hammond began assisting students at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in 2013, after working in retail store operations for more than a decade.

CDP releases its training effectiveness report for the first quarter of fiscal year 2024.
CDP releases quarterly training survey results

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) recently released its training effectiveness report for the first quarter of fiscal year 2024.

Students learn to build a pallet of supplies during the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) Operations Course.
Snapshot: SNS Operations

Students learn to build a pallet of supplies during the Introduction to Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) Operations Course this week at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP recently completed the process of updating, standardizing and digitizing end-of-course surveys for its courses.
CDP standardizes, updates end-of-course surveys

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness recently completed the process of updating, standardizing and digitizing end-of-course surveys for its courses.

CDP delivers POPS-B training in Chicago.
CDP holds POPS-B training in Chicago

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) delivered its Public Order Public Safety Basic (POPS-B) and POPS-B Train-the-Trainer courses in Chicago earlier this month to 47 officers of that city’s police department.