Snapshot: Large-scale exercise
Law enforcement officers respond to a variety of scenarios during a large-scale capstone exercise at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness.
CDP releases August web-based training numbers
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) released the number of its August web-based course completions.
Snapshot: Assessing the scene
The CDS course culminates in a series of hands-on activities, including exercises in the COBRA Training Facility.
CDP holds 2026 Law Enforcement Theme Week
CDP held its 2026 Law Enforcement Theme Week Sept.20-26 at the center’s Anniston, Alabama, campus.
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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.
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 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 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
The 2022 National Preparedness Symposium came to a close today on the campus of FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, Alabama.
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.