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Responders practice skills analyzing a crime scene with potential contamination in the HEC course.
Snapshot: Hazardous Evidence Collection

Responders practice skills in analyzing a crime scene with potential contamination during Evidence Collection in a Hazardous Materials Environment (HEC) course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP to train law enforcement officers to respond to a variety of incidents during Law Enforcement Theme Week.
Field force training a focus for Law Enforcement Theme Week at CDP

The Center for Domestic Preparedness will train law enforcement officers to respond to a variety of incidents during its Law Enforcement Theme Week, September 20-26 at the center’s Anniston, Alabama campus.

First responders prepare instruments & kits for use during hazardous materials detection exercise in HT course.
Snapshot: Detecting hazardous materials

First responders prepare instruments and kits for use during a hazardous materials detection exercise in the Hazardous Materials Technologies: Sampling, Monitoring, and Detection (HT) course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP).

CDP Law Enforcement Theme Week includes hazardous materials response.
CDP Law Enforcement Theme Week includes hazardous materials response

The Center for Domestic Preparedness will train law enforcement officers to respond to a variety of incidents, including those in hazardous environments, during its Law Enforcement Theme Week, September 20-26 at the center’s Anniston, Alabama, campus.

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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.

The 2022 National Preparedness Symposium underway.
National Preparedness Symposium underway

The 2022 National Preparedness Symposium kicked off earlier today on the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) campus.

Students assess a sewage leak during the Environmental Health Training in Emergency Response Operations Course.
Snapshot: EHTER Ops

Students assess a sewage leak during this week’s Environmental Health Training in Emergency Response Operations Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness

CDP has seats available in upcoming HMA course.
Seats available in combined HMA/HMA Train-the-Trainer Course

The Center for Domestic Preparedness has seat openings in its combined Hazardous Materials Awareness (HMA) / HMA Train the Trainer / Incident Complexities - Responder Actions for CBRNE Incidents (ICR) class, which is scheduled for June 21-25.

CDP COBRA Training Facility passes annual compliance inspection.
COBRATF passes CASARM audit

The Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility (COBRATF) at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) recently passed its annual Chemical Agent Standard Analytical Reference Material (CASARM) audit.

Select CDP courses were recently reaccredited by the California Department of Public Health.
Select CDP course reaccredited by State of California

Select Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) courses were recently reaccredited by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).