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

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

The CDP recorded more than 3,000 course completions by first responders from Louisiana in the past five years. Consequently, it’s safe to assume numerous CDP grads were among those helping ensure the safety of fans and players at Super Bowl LIX.
CDP grads ensure safe Super Bowl LIX

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness recorded more than 3,000 course completions by first responders from Louisiana in the past five years.

CDP will host its 2025 Law Enforcement Theme Week March 9-15.
CDP plans 2025 Law Enforcement Training Week

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) will host its 2025 Law Enforcement Theme Week March 9-15 on the center’s campus in Anniston, Alabama.

CDP 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.

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Instructor Michael Dunlevy
In the Spotlight: Michael Dunlevy

Since 2015, Michael Dunlevy has been an instructor at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness, specializing in pre-hospital emergency response to mass casualty incidents involving chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive materials.

CDP improving infrastructure and facilities campus-wide.
CDP improving infrastructure, facilities

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) recently completed two sizable paving projects and is gearing up to begin another.

CDP offers emergency management training through distance learning.
CDP provides emergency management training through distance learning

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness offers responders a library of self-paced, web-based, training offerings which can be accessed anywhere, through a computer or mobile device.

Responders speak with ‘victims’ of a hazardous materials incident in the LERA Course.
Snapshot: LERA

Responders speak with ‘victims’ of a hazardous materials incident in this week’s Law Enforcement Response Actions for CBRNE Incidents (LERA) Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

Work continues on several projects to update and upgrade the CDP COBRA Training Facility.
Work continues on COBRA enhancements

Work continued this week at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness on several projects to update and upgrade its Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological (COBRA) Training Facility.

The CDP will offer a week of train-the-trainer courses September 11-16.
Instructor Development Training Week scheduled for September

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) will offer a week of train-the-trainer courses September 11-16, which will prepare attendees to deliver select CDP training to other responders in their communities.

CDP grad relies on his training in tornado response.
CDP grad relies on training in tornado response

When an EF-4 tornado struck Winterset, Iowa, on March 5, Diogenes Ayala, director of the Madison County Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency, relied on training he received from FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in his response to the storm.

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

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

CDP hosts National Preparedness Symposium.
CDP hosts National Preparedness Symposium

The 2022 National Preparedness Symposium came to a close today on the campus of FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, Alabama.

Students don personal protective equipment (PPE) in preparation for a mass casualty exercise during HERT Course.
Snapshot: Mass Casualty exercise

Students don personal protective equipment (PPE) in preparation for a mass casualty exercise during this week’s Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents (HERT) Course on the CDP campus.