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CDP has released its resident training calendar for the month of June.
CDP releases June resident course schedule

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released its resident training calendar for the month of June.

The CDP recorded more than 3,000 course completions by first responders from Louisiana in the past five years. Consequently, it’s safe to assume numerous CDP grads were among those helping ensure the safety of fans and players at Super Bowl LIX.
CDP grads ensure safe Super Bowl LIX

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness recorded more than 3,000 course completions by first responders from Louisiana in the past five years.

CDP will host its 2025 Law Enforcement Theme Week March 9-15.
CDP plans 2025 Law Enforcement Training Week

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) will host its 2025 Law Enforcement Theme Week March 9-15 on the center’s campus in Anniston, Alabama.

CDP released its resident training calendar for the month of May.
CDP releases May resident course schedule

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

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CDP released the number of course completions recorded in June.
CDP releases June resident training numbers

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

Students discuss responses to various radiological incidents during a tabletop exercise in the ARIO Course.
Snapshot: Radiological response

Students discuss responses to various radiological incidents during a tabletop exercise this week in the Advanced Radiological Incident Operations (ARIO) Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP is making final upgrades to its Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility (COBRATF).
COBRATF upgrades near completion

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) this week is making final upgrades to its Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility (COBRATF).

A law enforcement instructor at the Center for Domestic Preparedness since 2021, Randall Lambert has a 30-year background in law enforcement, including experience with hazardous materials, SWAT, and field force.
In the Spotlight: Randall Lambert

A law enforcement instructor at the Center for Domestic Preparedness since 2021, Randall Lambert has a 30-year background in law enforcement, including experience with hazardous materials, SWAT, and field force.

Spring tornadoes this year heavily impacted several states and hundreds of responders sprang into action to tend to the storms’ survivors. Many of those responders were graduates of one or more Center for Domestic Preparedness courses.
CDP grads assist survivors following severe storms

Spring tornadoes this year heavily impacted several states and hundreds of responders sprang into action to tend to the storms’ survivors. Many of those responders were graduates of one or more Center for Domestic Preparedness courses.

The HMO Refresher Training refreshes responders on response actions for hazardous materials incidents.
CDP offers HMO refresher through distance learning

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) offers responders a wide variety of self-paced, web-based training courses which can be accessed anywhere, through a computer or mobile device. Among the offerings is Hazardous Materials Operations (HMO) Refresher Training.

Students set up protective masks, prior to fit testing, this week in the CDP's RP Course.
Snapshot: RP Course

Students set up protective masks, prior to fit testing, this week in the CDP's Respiratory Protection: Program Development and Administration Course.

The CDP this week released its non-resident and indirect training numbers for May.
CDP releases non-resident, indirect training numbers for May

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

CDP courses re-accredited by IACET.
CDP courses re-accredited by IACET

All Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP)-developed courses eligible for accreditation were recently re-accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).

CDP has seat openings in some of the on-campus train-the-trainer courses scheduled September 10-15.
Seats available for CDP’s Instructor Development Week

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has seat openings in some of the on-campus train-the-trainer courses scheduled September 10-15.