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

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

The CDS course culminates in a series of hands-on activities, including exercises in the COBRA Training Facility.
Snapshot: Assessing the scene

The CDS course culminates in a series of hands-on activities, including exercises in the COBRA Training Facility.

CDP held its 2026 Law Enforcement Theme Week Sept.20-26.
CDP holds 2026 Law Enforcement Theme Week

CDP held its 2026 Law Enforcement Theme Week Sept.20-26 at the center’s Anniston, Alabama, campus.

Responders practice the skills needed to mitigate a hazardous materials spill during the HMT course.
Snapshot: Hazardous Material Mitigation

Responders practice skills needed to mitigate a hazardous materials release, such as sealing leaks, and overpacking drums used to contain hazardous materials, during the Hazardous Materials Technician (HMT) course at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP).

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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.

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.