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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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Curriculum Development and Evaluation Director Brandie Wempe.
In the Spotlight: Brandie Wempe

Brandie Wempe has more than 12 years of experience in instructional development and has been the director of the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP’s) Curriculum Development and Evaluation Department since September 2021.

CDP has released the  number of web-based course completions it recorded during March.
CDP releases web-based training numbers for March

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released the  number of web-based course completions it recorded during March.

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has seat openings for upcoming law enforcement public order and public safety courses.
CDP releases August resident course schedule

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

Responders in this week’s FFO Course practice dispelling a protest which is blocking the flow of traffic.
Snapshot: Field Force Operations

Responders in this week’s Field Force Operations Course on the Center for Domestic Preparedness campus practice dispelling a protest which is blocking the flow of traffic.

CDP recently updated its DREAM Course, following a series of pilot offerings.
DREAM course updates finalized

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) recently updated its Disaster Related Exposure Assessment and Monitoring (DREAM) Course, following a series of pilot offerings.

Advanced Responder Training Complex.
ARTC construction set to begin

Work will begin this month on a long-anticipated renovation project at the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP) Advanced Responder Training Complex.

Health professionals from major U.S. cities train this week to combat highly infectious disease.
Health professionals from major U.S. cities train to combat highly infectious disease

Twelve healthcare workers from cities with airports servicing international flights are training this week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) to ensure they’re prepared should any passengers with symptoms of a highly infectious disease arrive in their communities.

CDP releases March resident training numbers.
CDP releases March resident training numbers

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

Students practice ground and vegetation sampling techniques this week in the CDP RERO Course.
Snapshot: Radiological sampling

Students practice ground and vegetation sampling techniques this week in the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Radiological Emergency Response Operations (RERO) Course.

CDP concludes the virtual portion of its annual Tribal Nations Training Week today.
CDP wraps up annual tribal-focused training

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) concludes the virtual portion of its annual Tribal Nations Training Week today.