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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 has released the resident training numbers for September.
CDP releases September resident training numbers

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

Registration is now open for the 9th Annual Tribal Nations Training Week at CDP March 9-16, 2024.
Registration opens for 2024 Tribal Nations Training Week

Registration is now open for the 9th Annual Tribal Nations Training Week at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) March 9-16, 2024.

Responders interview those impacted by a disaster during an exercise in this week’s DREAM course.
Snapshot: Assessment exercise

Responders interview those impacted by a disaster during an exercise in this week’s Disaster-Related Exposure Assessment and Monitoring (DREAM) Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP).

Responders from Wisconsin attended training at the CDP to enhance their skills in advance of the 2024 RNC.
CDP prepares responders for 2024 Republican National Convention

More than 80 responders from Wisconsin attended training at the Center for Domestic Preparedness this week to enhance their skills in advance of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

CDP Instructor Michael Phillips.
In the Spotlight: Michael Phillips

A retired police sergeant with 30 years of experience, Michael Phillips has been a law enforcement instructor for the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) since 2013.

CDP representatives recently participated in NBSCAB meeting.
CDP reps attend NBSCAB meeting

Representatives from FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) recently participated in a National Bomb Squad Commander’s Advisory Board (NBSCAB) meeting in Huntsville, Alabama.

CDP has seat openings in two upcoming hazardous materials courses.
Seats available in upcoming courses

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has seat openings in two upcoming hazardous materials courses – Hazardous Materials Technologies: Sampling, Monitoring, and Detection (HT) during the week of October 29 to November 4 and Hazardous Materials Awareness (HMA) the week of November 27 to 30.

COBRATF completes upgrades and the training venue is fully operational.
COBRATF completes upgrades

Responders are reminded that the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has completed making the latest series of upgrades to its Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility (COBRATF) and the training venue is fully operational.

Responders practice containing a hazardous material leak in the HMT course.
Snapshot: Containment techniques

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

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

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