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CDP has seat openings in upcoming fall classes.
CDP has openings in fall classes

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has seat openings in upcoming offerings of its Public Order and Public Safety: Basic (POPS-B), Evidence Collection in a Hazardous Materials Environment (HEC) and Hazardous Materials Operations (HMO) courses in November and December.

The CDP concluded its 10th annual Tribal Nations Training Week today. More than 250 students, representing 70 tribal nations attended the event, which included training in emergency management and healthcare preparedness and response.
CDP holds 10th annual Tribal Nations Training Week

The CDP concluded its 10th annual Tribal Nations Training Week today. More than 250 students, representing 70 tribal nations attended the event, which included training in emergency management and healthcare preparedness and response.

CDP hosted its inaugural Law Enforcement Training Week.
CDP hosts inaugural Law Enforcement Training Week

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) hosted its inaugural Law Enforcement Training Week Sept. 8-12 on its campus in Anniston, Alabama. The event brought together more than 160 law enforcement officers from across the nation to enhance their preparedness and response capabilities.

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

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

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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.

Information Technology Specialist Chris Pancake.
In the spotlight: Chris Pancake

As an information technology specialist at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness, Chris Pancake assists in maintaining the infrastructure for the CDP’s web portal – which prospective students use to search and apply for training – among other projects.

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

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has released its number of web-based course completions for April.