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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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Responders practice containing a ‘leak’ on a railcar in the Hazardous Materials Technician Course.
Snapshot: Hazmat Training

Responders practice containing a ‘leak’ on a railcar in the Hazardous Materials Technician Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP has released its resident training calendar for the month of November.
CDP releases list of November resident course offerings

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

CDP assisting with the training of National Guardsmen from across the United States.
CDP trains guardsmen from across the nation

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is assisting with the training of National Guardsmen from across the United States.

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.