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POPS-B trains law enforcement responders on protest types and actions, legal considerations, responsibilities of public order units, and crowd control methods.
CDP releases resident training numbers for September

The CDP recorded 2,052 course completions in September by students training at its campus in Anniston, Alabama. The month of training included Tribal Nations Training Week and Law Enforcement Theme Week.

FFE Instructor providing instruction on use of chisel.
Snapshot: Concrete solutions

Responders in the Field Force Extrication (FFE) course at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness learn to use rotary hammers to remove concrete from devices like those protesters use to illegally obstruct public access.

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.

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Healthcare responders train to triage and treat patients following a mass casualty incident in EMO course.
Snapshot: Emergency Medical Operations

Healthcare first responders train to triage, decontaminate and treat patients following a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosive (CBRNE) or mass casualty incident at the Center for Domestic Preparedness in the Emergency Medical Operations for CBRNE Incidents (EMO) course.

CDP and its partners will deliver several active assailant courses during Law Enforcement Theme Week.
CDP and partners prepare for Law Enforcement Theme Week

The Center for Domestic Preparedness is preparing for its upcoming Law Enforcement Theme Week, September 20-26, at the center’s Anniston, Alabama, campus.

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.