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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 trained more than 66,000 responders in calendar year 2023.
CDP trained more than 66,000 responders in 2023

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) trained more than 66,000 responders in calendar year 2023.

Responders practice containing a hazardous material leak during HMT training.
Snapshot: HazMat Containment

Responders practice containing a hazardous material leak during training this week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

Master Craftsman Danny Wheeler.
In the Spotlight: Danny Wheeler

Danny Wheeler has worked at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) for about 20 years. He began his time at the center as a driver for one of its training teams and moved to the fabrication shop in 2009.

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

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

CDP has construction ongoing in nearly all areas of its Anniston, Alabama, campus.
CDP continuing campus upgrades

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has construction ongoing in nearly all areas of its Anniston, Alabama, campus.

A student speaks with a ‘patient’ during the HERT Course.
Snapshot: Patient Triage

A student speaks with a ‘patient’ during the Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents (HERT) Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP releases December resident training numbers.
CDP releases latest resident training numbers

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.

CDP is gearing up for its annual Tribal Nations Training Week.
CDP gears up for Tribal Nations Training Week 2024

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is gearing up for its annual Tribal Nations Training Week, scheduled for March 9-16, 2024.

Students discuss what information to cover in a press conference during training at CDP.
Snapshot: Preparing for a press conference

Students discuss what information to cover in a press conference during training at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness.

James Johnstone (right) explains the ‘uniqueness’ of the COBRA Training Facility to freelance journalist Tom Vanderbilt.
CDP in spotlight

James Johnstone, operations manager of the CDP’s Chemical, Ordnance, Biological, and Radiological (COBRA) Training Facility (right), explains how civilian responders gain confidence in both their personal protective equipment and response skills by training in the facility to freelance journalist Tom Vanderbilt.