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Students can now register for August resident training at the CDP.
CDP’s August resident courses are available for registration

Students can now register for the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP) August resident training calendar.

Students can now register for July resident courses at the CDP.
CDP releases resident course schedule for July

Students can now register for the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP) July resident training calendar.

Law enforcement officers learn proper crowd-control formations during CDP Field Force Operations training.
Snapshot: Field Force Operations

Law enforcement officers learn proper crowd-control formations during Field Force Operations (FFO) training at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP resumes delivery of four healthcare courses.
CDP resumes delivery of healthcare courses

Exciting News from FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness!

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CDP Instructor Angela Samples.
In the Spotlight: Angela Samples

A hazardous materials instructor at the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility (COBRATF) since 2009, Angela Samples has nearly 500 entries into the live toxic agent training bays on the site.

CDP has seats available in upcoming HMA course.
Seats available in upcoming HMA course

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has seat openings in a Hazardous Materials Awareness (HMA) class scheduled November 27-30.

CDP offers radiological assessment distance learning course.
CDP offers radiological assessment distance learning course

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.

Students learn how to document a crime scene which may contain hazardous materials this week in the HEC course.
Snapshot: Evidence Collection

Students learn how to document a crime scene which may contain hazardous materials this week in the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Evidence Collection in a Hazardous Materials Environment Course.

CDP released its training effectiveness report for the second quarter of FY23.
Quarterly training survey results released

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) recently released its training effectiveness report for the second quarter of fiscal year 2023.

CDP prepares to deliver a pilot iteration of its new Public Order and Public Safety, or POPS, Basic Course.
CDP developing new public order policing course

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is preparing to deliver a pilot iteration of its new Public Order and Public Safety, or POPS, Basic Course, in late 2023.

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

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

CDP to host healthcare focus group.
CDP to host healthcare focus group

A working group of healthcare experts will virtually convene later this month to review and validate the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP’s) Health and Medical Response Training Program.

CDP is continuing work on a web-based HMT refresher course.
CDP continues work on HMT Refresher Course

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is continuing work on a web-based refresher version of its Hazardous Materials Technician (HMT) Course.

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Snapshot: LERA decontamination

Students decontaminate fellow responders following a simulated hazardous materials incident in this week’s Law Enforcement Response Actions for CBRNE Incidents (LERA) Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.