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CDP has seat openings in upcoming fall classes.
CDP has openings in fall classes

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has seat openings in upcoming offerings of its Public Order and Public Safety: Basic (POPS-B), Evidence Collection in a Hazardous Materials Environment (HEC) and Hazardous Materials Operations (HMO) courses in November and December.

The CDP concluded its 10th annual Tribal Nations Training Week today. More than 250 students, representing 70 tribal nations attended the event, which included training in emergency management and healthcare preparedness and response.
CDP holds 10th annual Tribal Nations Training Week

The CDP concluded its 10th annual Tribal Nations Training Week today. More than 250 students, representing 70 tribal nations attended the event, which included training in emergency management and healthcare preparedness and response.

CDP hosted its inaugural Law Enforcement Training Week.
CDP hosts inaugural Law Enforcement Training Week

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) hosted its inaugural Law Enforcement Training Week Sept. 8-12 on its campus in Anniston, Alabama. The event brought together more than 160 law enforcement officers from across the nation to enhance their preparedness and response capabilities.

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

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

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Aberdeen, Mississippi using CDP training to enhance disaster preparedness.
Mississippi city using CDP training to enhance disaster preparedness

A city in northern Mississippi is using the free training provided by the Center for Domestic Preparedness to ensure the small community is ready for any kind of natural or manmade disaster it may encounter.

CDP delivers inaugural offering of its ICAT Train-the-Trainer Course.
CDP holds first ICAT Train-the-Trainer

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness this week is delivering the inaugural offering of its Integrating Communications Assessment and Tactics (ICAT) Train-the-Trainer Course.

The CDP releases its non-resident and indirect training numbers for October.
CDP releases non-resident, indirect training numbers for October

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

 Spring 2022 course offerings will include several courses that will culminate with CDP's Integrated Capstone Event.
Registration open for March, April course offerings

Prospective students can now register for nearly 100 different resident Center for Domestic Preparedness offerings in March and April 2022, including several courses which will culminate with the center’s extremely popular Integrated Capstone Event.

Students watch a demonstration in the HT Course this week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness. 
Snapshot: HT Course

Students watch a demonstration in the Hazardous Materials Technologies: Sampling, Monitoring, and Detection (HT) Course this week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness. 

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

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

CDP Instructor, Daniel Rodriguez.
In the Spotlight: Daniel Rodriguez

An instructor at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness, Daniel Rodriguez has been a police officer for more than 32 years and currently serves as commander of his department’s special operations division in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

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.