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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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CDP students learn to use radiation detection equipment during HERT training this week.
Snapshot: HERT Course

Students learn to use radiation detection equipment during Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents (HERT) training this week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

December tornado response likely included CDP alumni.
Tornado response likely included CDP alumni

When a series of devastating tornadoes tore through the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic in early December, leaving destruction, despair and grief in their wake, hundreds of responders sprang into action to tend to the storms’ survivors.

Tribal responders enhance knowledge, skills with virtual learning.
Tribal Nations Training Week 2022 includes 8 resident courses

Responders are reminded the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ annual Tribal Nations Training Week, March 5-12, will include eight courses on the center’s campus in Anniston, Alabama.

Southern Nevada Correctional Center officers used CDP training to help quell a disturbance.
CDP FFO tactics assist with quelling disturbance

Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) officers used training provided by the Center for Domestic Preparedness to help quell an inmate disturbance in December.

CDP is converting its extensive library of VILT offerings to web-based distance learning courses.
CDP transforming VILTs to distance learning courses

The Center for Domestic Preparedness is in the process of converting its extensive library of Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) offerings to web-based distance learning courses.

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

The CDP this week released its non-resident and indirect training numbers for November.

Students practice safely removing a protester from a device during the CDP’s FFE course.
Snapshot: Field Force Tactics

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

Michael Piela, a registered nurse and emergency medical technician, touts the value of CDP training.
Medical responder touts value of CDP training

He’s taken most of the healthcare courses the Center for Domestic Preparedness offers, plus several others which involve training with toxic agents in the CDP’s Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological, or COBRA, training facility. He’s also a graduate of the CDP’s Incident Command Course.

CDP has released the number of web-based course completions it tallied during June.
CDP releases web-based training numbers for November

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

CDP has seat openings in upcoming BPAC/FFO Course.
CDP has openings in upcoming BPAC/FFO Course

The Center for Domestic Preparedness has seat openings in its combined Bombing Prevention Awareness Course (BPAC) / Field Force Operations (FFO) Course, which is scheduled for January 3-7, 2022.