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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 has released resident training numbers for January.
CDP releases resident training numbers for January

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

Cybersecurity among featured tracks for CDP Tribal Nations Training Week.
CDP helps tribal nations enhance preparedness

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) will host its annual Tribal Nations Training Week from March 9-16.

An instructor shows responders how to use a detection card to identify a suspicious substance.
Snapshot: Sampling and monitoring

An instructor shows responders how to use a detection card to identify a suspicious substance in this week’s Hazardous Materials Technician Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP has a self-paced, online offering titled Barrier Precautions and Controls.
CDP shares online infectious disease offering

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has a self-paced, online offering titled Barrier Precautions and Controls.

CDP Instructor Richard Morris.
In the Spotlight: Richard Morris

Richard Morris has been a hazardous materials instructor for the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) since 2020 and has worked in the fire service since 1992.

CDP has released its resident training calendar for May 2024.
CDP releases May resident course schedule

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released its resident training calendar for May 2024.

CDP and JSU recently renewed their decade-long partnership.
CDP, JSU renew education partnership

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) and Jacksonville State University (JSU) recently renewed their decade-long partnership, signing an agreement to collaborate on research, internships, and academic credits through 2032.

Responders and instructors discuss protest situations and tactics during FFO Course.
Snapshot: Protest discussions

Responders and instructors discuss protest situations and tactics during this week’s Field Force Operations Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP has seat openings in an upcoming iteration of its FRAME course February 4-9.
Seats available in upcoming FRAME course

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has seat openings in an upcoming iteration of its Framework for Healthcare Emergency Management (FRAME) course the week of February 4-9.

CDP released its non-resident and indirect training numbers for December.
CDP releases non-resident, indirect training numbers for December

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) this week released its non-resident and indirect training numbers for December.