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FEMA Resumes In-Person Trainings at National Schoolhouses
FEMA Resumes In-Person Trainings at National Schoolhouses

In-person training will resume in early June at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (https://cdp.dhs.gov), the National Fire Academy and the National Disaster & Emergency Management University.

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.

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 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.

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Students from Samford University experience decontamination processes during the HERO Course.
Snapshot: HERO Course

Students experience decontamination processes during the Healthcare Emergency Response Operations for CBRNE Incidents Course this week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP has completed filming of its latest HAZMAT ‘video short’.
CDP finalizing HAZMAT ‘video short’

The Center for Domestic Preparedness has completed filming of its latest microlearning offering – Grounding and Bonding for Liquid Product Transfer.

During HERT training at the CDP, healthcare students triage and ‘decontaminate’ a steady stream of mock ambulatory and non-ambulatory patients.
CDP grads help chemical accident victims

Six responders from Bronx, New York, put their CDP training to use recently, less than a week after graduating from the center’s Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents (HERT) Course.

CDP has seats available in upcoming HID course.
Upcoming HID course has seat openings

The Center for Domestic Preparedness has seats available in its Barrier Precautions and Controls for Highly Infectious Disease (HID) Course slated for delivery November 29 to December 4.

CDP to offer nearly 100 resident training opportunities in March, April.
CDP to offer nearly 100 resident training opportunities in March, April

When registration opens for Center for Domestic Preparedness resident courses in March and April 2022, prospective students will be able to choose from a list of nearly 100 different offerings, including several courses which will culminate with the center’s extremely popular Integrated Capstone Event.

Students question ‘individuals who discovered a strange package’ in a RERO Course exercise at the CDP.
Snapshot: Radiological Emergency Response Operations

Students question ‘individuals who discovered a strange package’ in a Radiological Emergency Response Operations (RERO) Course exercise this week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP's COBRATF underwent an inspection by a team from the DHS Compliance Assurance Program Office.
CDP laboratories sail through compliance inspection

The CDP’s Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility (COBRATF) underwent an inspection this week by a team from the Department of Homeland Security’s Compliance Assurance Program Office.

Chemist, LaToya Harmon.
In the Spotlight: LaToya Harmon

LaToya Harmon has been with the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological (COBRA) Training Facility since 2015.

CDP continues development on an updated version of FFC-E course.
Work continues on updated FFC-E Course

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness is continuing to develop an updated version of its Field Force Command: Executive Course, which it hopes to launch as early as the spring of 2022.

CDP has released its VILT schedule for November.
CDP releases Virtual Instructor-Led Training schedule for November

The Center for Domestic Preparedness has released its Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT) schedule for the month of November.