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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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CDP hosts national Tribal Nations working group.
CDP hosts national Tribal Nations working group

This week, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) convened a Tribal Nations Working Group on the campus of the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston, Alabama.

CDP assists Broward County, Fla. with training.
CDP assists Florida county with training

When the Broward County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office (BSO) conducted a successful large-scale tabletop exercise earlier this month, the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) was among those whom it thanked.

CDP Instructor Leslie Geise.
In the Spotlight: Leslie Geise

A healthcare instructor at the Center for Domestic Preparedness since 2017, Leslie Geise has served in the healthcare field more than 23 years.

Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania recently lauded the training it receives each year from the CDP.
CDP training helps hospital stay prepared

Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania recently lauded the training it receives each year from FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP employees recently participated in activities supporting the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s call for volunteerism.
CDP employees answer call for volunteerism

Several Center for Domestic Preparedness employees recently participated in activities supporting the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s call for volunteerism.

Students perform a threat analysis in this week’s IC Course.
Snapshot: Threat analysis

Students perform a threat analysis in this week’s Incident Command: Capabilities, Planning and Response Actions for All-Hazards Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP released its non-resident and indirect training numbers for December.
CDP releases non-resident, indirect training numbers for December

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has released its non-resident and indirect training numbers for December.

CDP offers hazmat awareness distance learning course.
CDP offers hazmat awareness distance learning course

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.

CDP has released its resident training calendar for the month of May.
CDP releases May resident course schedule

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released its resident training calendar for the month of May 2023.

Responders practice extricating individuals from protester devices this week at the CDP.
Snapshot: Extrication tools

Responders practice extricating individuals from protester devices this week at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness.