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Students can now register for August resident training at the CDP.
CDP’s August resident courses are available for registration

Students can now register for the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP) August resident training calendar.

Students can now register for July resident courses at the CDP.
CDP releases resident course schedule for July

Students can now register for the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP) July resident training calendar.

Law enforcement officers learn proper crowd-control formations during CDP Field Force Operations training.
Snapshot: Field Force Operations

Law enforcement officers learn proper crowd-control formations during Field Force Operations (FFO) training at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP resumes delivery of four healthcare courses.
CDP resumes delivery of healthcare courses

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Holly Terrell was recently honored by the 20th CBRNE Command for her role in an interagency exercise.
CDP employee receives Army public service award

The CDP's Holly Terrell was recently honored by the 20th CBRNE Command for her role in an interagency exercise.

The CDP is readying two VILTs for release – Healthcare Facilities Evacuation and Healthcare Patient Decontamination.
CDP prepares to release new VILT courses

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness is readying two Virtual Instructor-Led Training offerings, or VILTs, for release – Healthcare Facilities Evacuation and Healthcare Patient Decontamination.

CDP's COBRA Training Facility begins bay upgrades.
COBRA Training Facility begins bay upgrades

This week, the Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility (COBRATF) at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) began installation of vinyl wall coverings for new scenarios in its training bays.

Students assess a building being considered for occupation following a disaster during this week’s EHTER OPS Course.
Snapshot: EHTER Ops Course

Students assess a building being considered for occupation following a disaster during this week’s Environmental Health Training in Emergency Response Operations Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

Instructor Melissa Hawthorne.
In the Spotlight: Melissa Hawthorne

An experienced environmental health specialist, Melissa Hawthorne has worked as an instructor at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) for eight years, teaching the CDP’s Environmental Health Training in Emergency Response Operations (EHTER OPS), Disaster Related Exposure Assessment and Monitoring (DREAM), Radiological Emergency Response Operations (RERO), and Radiological Series Train-the...

CDP has seats available in upcoming HMA, RP and ICAT courses.
Seats available in upcoming HMA, RP and ICAT courses

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has seat openings in three upcoming courses – Hazardous Materials Awareness; Respiratory Protection: Program Development and Administration; and Integrating Communications, Assessment and Tactics.

Emergency Manager Ken Spears.
CDP participates in Great American ShakeOut

Employees and students at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) ducked beneath desks and tables this morning, practicing their response in the event of an earthquake.

Artemiza Vega, a nurse and clinical supervisor at Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center.
CDP training helps nurse through pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Artemiza Vega, a nurse and clinical supervisor for emergency services at Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, relied on training she received from FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) to help manage intake and treatment of patients at the facility.

Students learn about biological agents and instruments used to detect them in the HT Course.
Snapshot: Biological agent detection

Students learn about biological agents and instruments used to detect them in the Hazardous Materials Technologies: Sampling, Monitoring, and Detection (HT) Course this week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP has released its non-resident and indirect training numbers for August.
CDP releases non-resident, indirect training numbers for September

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