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Cybersecurity among featured tracks for CDP Tribal Nations Training Week.
Cybersecurity among featured tracks for Tribal Nations Training Week

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) will host its 10th annual Tribal Nations Training Week Sep. 20 - 27 on the CDP campus in Anniston, Alabama.

Integrated Capstone Events (ICE) will cap off Law Enforcement Training Week.
Realistic exercises will cap off Law Enforcement Training Week

During Law Enforcement Training Week, September 7-13, FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), plans to hold Integrated Capstone Events (ICE) for each of its training tracks, giving students the opportunity to experience realistic scenarios in a training environment.

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

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

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

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

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CDP has completed a web-based refresher version of its resident HMO Course.
CDP readies release of HMO refresher course

The Center for Domestic Preparedness has completed a much-anticipated web-based refresher version of its resident Hazardous Materials Operations (HMO) Course.

Program Specialist Bill Reneau.
In the spotlight: Charles “Bill” Reneau

A program specialist in the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Training and Education Directorate, Charles ‘Bill’ Reneau has more than three decades of experience in public health, emergency management and health systems performance.

Tribal responders enhance knowledge, skills with virtual learning.
Virtual options available for Tribal Nations Training Week 2022

Participants in this year’s Tribal Nations Training Week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness will be able to choose from 16 web-based courses in addition to in-person training offered at the center.

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.