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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

Exciting News from FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness!

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 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.

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.