CDP’s August resident courses are available for registration
Students can now register for the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP) August resident training calendar.
CDP releases resident course schedule for July
Students can now register for the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP) July resident training calendar.
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 healthcare courses
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Snapshot: Working in formation
Students practice squad formations and movements during Field Force Operations (FFO) training this week at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness. The three-day course teaches law enforcement officers about the types of protests, safe management of crowds and other public order policing responsibilities.
Web-based maps coming to select CDP courses
Interactive, virtual maps will soon be standard in a wide range of courses at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP). The web-based maps will replace paper maps and increase students’ understanding of various data, such as incident response time and resource capabilities, as they work through scenarios in class and during exercises.
CDP, OBP partnership helps boost training for responders
The partnership between FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Office of Bombing Prevention provides added value to the training many responders receive at the CDP.
CDP finalizing VILT for LE leaders
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is putting the final touches on its new Public Order and Public Safety – Executive (POPS-E) Course, which is scheduled for release later this year.
Snapshot: Product Containment
Students secure a valve on a liquid container during this week’s Hazardous Materials Technician Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness. Responders learn several product containment techniques in the five-day course, which prepares them for technician-level hazmat certification.
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, facilities
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) recently completed two sizable paving projects and is gearing up to begin another.
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.
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 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.