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Hazardous Materials Technician course.
Registration open for February CDP courses

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) recently opened registration for all resident courses scheduled for February 2027.

CDP released its September web-based course completions.
CDP releases web-based training numbers for September

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) released its September web-based course completions.

Law enforcement officers practice establishing and holding formations used for crowd control during FFO training.
Snapshot: Crowd Control Formations

Law enforcement officers practice establishing and holding formations used for crowd control during Field Force Operations (FFO) training at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP).

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Class openings at the CDP

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has seat openings for courses in December and January.

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Hazardous materials teams respond to simulated chemical incidents during an exercise in HMT course.
Snapshot: Hazardous Materials Technician Course

Hazardous materials teams respond to simulated chemical incidents during an exercise in the Hazardous Materials Technician (HMT) course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP).

CDP opens registration for all resident courses scheduled for December.
Registration open for CDP December resident courses

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) recently opened registration for all resident courses scheduled for December.

Law enforcement officers practice donning and doffing protective masks during the POPS-B course.
Snapshot: Donning protective masks

Law enforcement officers practice donning and doffing protective masks during the Public Order and Public Safety: Basic (POPS-B) course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP).

CDP employees answered the call to help during a blood supply crisis.
CDP holds blood drive

Employees of the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) recently answered the call to help during a blood supply crisis.

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.

Healthcare students practice skills needed to safely treat patients in HID course.
Snapshot: Treating highly infectious patients

Healthcare students practice skills needed to safely treat patients in the Barrier Precautions and Controls for Highly Infectious Disease (HID) course at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP).

CDP holds Public Order Public Safety: Basic course (POPS-B) focus group.
CDP holds POPS-B focus group

A working group of law enforcement experts recently met at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) to review and recommend updates for the center’s Public Order Public Safety (POPS): Basic course.