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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 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.

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.