Snapshot: Large-scale exercise
Law enforcement officers respond to a variety of scenarios during a large-scale capstone exercise at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness.
CDP releases August web-based training numbers
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) released the number of its August web-based course completions.
Snapshot: Assessing the scene
The CDS course culminates in a series of hands-on activities, including exercises in the COBRA Training Facility.
CDP holds 2026 Law Enforcement Theme Week
CDP held its 2026 Law Enforcement Theme Week Sept.20-26 at the center’s Anniston, Alabama, campus.
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Snapshot: Hazmat Response
Responders exercise skills learned during this week’s Hazardous Material Operations Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.
CDP staffers assist FEMA through deployments
Several employees from the Center for Domestic Preparedness are currently deployed, assisting FEMA relief missions in Puerto Rico and Florida, which were impacted by hurricanes Fiona and Ian.
CDP sets March resident training schedule
The CDP has released its resident training calendar for the month of March 2023.
CDP increasing microlearning offerings
The CDP is preparing two new video shorts for its YouTube training channel.
Partnerships bring wealth of information to CDP’s Tribal Nations Training Week
The Center for Domestic Preparedness will partner with other agencies for the 2023 Tribal Nations Training Week, scheduled for March 11-18, 2023, on the CDP campus in Anniston, Alabama.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...