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Law enforcement officers respond to a variety of scenarios during a large-scale capstone exercise.
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 released the number of its August web-based course completions.
CDP releases August web-based training numbers

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) released the number of its August web-based course completions.

The CDS course culminates in a series of hands-on activities, including exercises in the COBRA Training Facility.
Snapshot: Assessing the scene

The CDS course culminates in a series of hands-on activities, including exercises in the COBRA Training Facility.

CDP held its 2026 Law Enforcement Theme Week Sept.20-26.
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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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.

CDP distance learning course teaches bomb material awareness.
Distance learning course teaches bomb material awareness

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.

Responders practice safely removing a protester from a device during the CDP’s FFE course.
Snapshot: FFE Course

Responders practice safely removing a protester from a device during the CDP’s Field Force Extrication Tactics (FFE) course.

CDP partnered with the Alabama Fire College Regional Training Center to provide hazmat training to fire recruits.
CDP provides hazmat training to Alabama fire recruits

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) partnered with the Alabama Fire College’s Regional Training Center in Anniston last week to teach its Hazardous Materials Operations (HMO) Course to 18 fire recruits.

Contract Non-resident and Indirect Training Lead Rebecca Carr.
In the Spotlight: Rebecca Carr

Rebecca Carr, the contract non-resident and indirect training lead at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), has held several positions in her 23-year career here.

CDP has released the  number of web-based course completions it recorded during March.
CDP releases web-based training numbers for September

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