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CDP released the number of its August web-based course completions.
CDP releases August web-based training numbers

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) released the number of its August web-based course completions.

The CDS course culminates in a series of hands-on activities, including exercises in the COBRA Training Facility.
Snapshot: Assessing the scene

The CDS course culminates in a series of hands-on activities, including exercises in the COBRA Training Facility.

CDP held its 2026 Law Enforcement Theme Week Sept.20-26.
CDP holds 2026 Law Enforcement Theme Week

CDP held its 2026 Law Enforcement Theme Week Sept.20-26 at the center’s Anniston, Alabama, campus.

Responders practice the skills needed to mitigate a hazardous materials spill during the HMT course.
Snapshot: Hazardous Material Mitigation

Responders practice skills needed to mitigate a hazardous materials release, such as sealing leaks, and overpacking drums used to contain hazardous materials, during the Hazardous Materials Technician (HMT) course at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP).

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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.

The CDP recently established a dedicated training area for students attending its HERO Course.
CDP creates dedicated HERO course training area

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) recently established a dedicated training area for students attending its Healthcare Emergency Response Operations for CBRNE Incidents (HERO) Course.