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.
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.
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
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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Snapshot: Protest considerations
Students learn about the legal considerations which may come into play during a response to a protest in this week’s Field Force Extrication Tactics Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.
CDP may support World Cup 2026
When the World Cup comes to the U.S., Canada and Mexico in the summer of 2026, participants and spectators alike may have the Center to Domestic Preparedness (CDP) to thank for the safe execution of games played on U.S. soil.
CDP offers biological incident response planning course
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) recently released a new, web-based biological incident response and recovery course.
Snapshot: Hazmat PPE
Students learn how to work in personal protective equipment during Hazardous Materials Operations (HMO) training at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP).
In the Spotlight: Brandon Fletcher
Brandon Fletcher has been part of the fire service since 2000 and an instructor at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) since 2022.
Seats available in February courses
The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has seat openings in courses scheduled during February 2024, including two iterations of its Field Force Operations (FFO) Course and one iteration each of its Framework for Healthcare Emergency Management (FRAME) and Incident Command: Capabilities, Planning and Response Actions for All-Hazards (IC) courses.
Snapshot: Mass casualty exercise
Students use radiation detection equipment to ensure a ‘patient’ has been properly decontaminated during the Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents (HERT) Course this week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.
CDP releases non-resident, indirect training numbers for October
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) this week released its non-resident and indirect training numbers for October.
CDP grad assists hazmat incident caused by pileup
Training at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) helped a former graduate handle a hazardous material issue last month at the site of a deadly pileup on a Louisiana interstate.
CDP passes DHS inspection
The CDP’s Chemical, Ordnance, Biological, and Radiological Training Facility (COBRATF) recently passed an inspection of its Biological Material Lab by the Department of Homeland Security’s Compliance Assurance Program Office (CAPO).