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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 John Harahus.
In the Spotlight: John Harahus

A healthcare instructor at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) since 2017, John Harahus has been in the healthcare field more than 20 years.

CDP offers distance learning course on the Nuclear/Radiological Incident Annex.
CDP offers distance learning course regarding NRIA

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 practice using extrication tools in the CDP's FFE Course.
Snapshot: Extrication exercise

Students practice using extrication tools in the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Field Force Extrication Tactics Course. The three-day course teaches responders how to safely extract individuals from various protest devices while ensuring the protestors’ civil rights.

The CDP is partnering with nearby JSU to showcase a training simulator for law enforcement officers.
CDP students participate in LE simulator

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is partnering with nearby Jacksonville State University (JSU) to showcase a training simulator for law enforcement officers.

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

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

CDP has seats available in several upcoming courses.
Seats available in upcoming courses

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has seat openings in its Radiological Emergency Response Operations (RERO), Hazardous Materials Operations (HMO) and Hazardous Materials Technologies: Sampling, Monitoring, and Detection (HT) courses the week of August 27.

CDP recently participated in the Black Chief Officers Committee’s (BCOC’s) annual education symposium.
CDP participates in BCOC education symposium

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) recently participated in the Black Chief Officers Committee’s (BCOC’s) annual education symposium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Students discuss triage and proper coding of patients during the HERO Course.
Snapshot: HERO Course

Students discuss triage and proper coding of patients during the Healthcare Emergency Response Operations for CBRNE Incidents (HERO) Course this week at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP Role Player Fritz Monday.
In the Spotlight: Fritz Monday

Fritz Monday has been a role player at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) since 2014 and has been assisting with creating and applying the mock injuries seen on role players, known as moulage, since 2018.

Image decoration for Maps incorporated into CDP’s interactive monitors
Maps incorporated into CDP’s interactive monitors

A new map feature will be integrated this week into the interactive information monitors at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP).