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Students can now register for August resident training at the CDP.
CDP’s August resident courses are available for registration

Students can now register for the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP) August resident training calendar.

Students can now register for July resident courses at the CDP.
CDP releases resident course schedule for July

Students can now register for the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP) July resident training calendar.

Law enforcement officers learn proper crowd-control formations during CDP Field Force Operations training.
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 four healthcare courses.
CDP resumes delivery of healthcare courses

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Students discuss an emergency department’s trauma capabilities prior to an influx of simulated patients in HCL course.
Snapshot: Preparedness exercise

Students discuss an emergency department’s trauma capabilities prior to an influx of simulated patients in this week’s Healthcare Leadership for Mass Casualty Incidents Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP Paramedic Derick Reaves.
In the Spotlight: Derick Reaves

Derick Reaves has been a paramedic at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) since 2001.

CDP coordinating virtual tribal training for May.
CDP coordinating virtual tribal training

The Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP’s) will conduct its 10th annual Tribal Nations Training Week April 26-May 3.

CDP COBRATF passes biosafety inspection.
CDP passes biosafety inspection

The CDP’s Chemical, Ordnance, Biological, and Radiological Training Facility (COBRATF) recently passed an inspection conducted by the Department of Homeland Security’s Compliance Assurance Program Office.

CDP has released the number of its web-based course completions for December.
CDP releases web-based training numbers for December

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released the number of its web-based course completions for December.

Students learn to minimize waterway contamination during the Hazardous Materials Operations (HMO) Course.
Snapshot: Containment

Students learn to minimize waterway contamination during the Hazardous Materials Operations (HMO) Course this week at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP).

CDP medics participate in air transport training.
CDP medical personnel attend air transport training

Medics employed by FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) participated in training recently, where they were taught the capabilities of medical transport helicopters as well as the communication and other needs of support personnel on the ground.

CDP has released resident training numbers for December.
CDP releases resident training numbers for December

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released the number of course completions recorded in December by those who trained on its campus in Anniston, Alabama.

Responders remove clothing from a ‘patient’ prior to decontamination during the HERT course.
Snapshot: Patient decontamination

Responders remove clothing from a ‘patient’ prior to decontamination during the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents (HERT) Course.

CDP Instructor Kelley Blair.
In the Spotlight: Kelley Blair

Kelley Blair began has served as a healthcare instructor at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) since 2021.