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Responders practice skills analyzing a crime scene with potential contamination in the HEC course.
Snapshot: Hazardous Evidence Collection

Responders practice skills in analyzing a crime scene with potential contamination during Evidence Collection in a Hazardous Materials Environment (HEC) course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP to train law enforcement officers to respond to a variety of incidents during Law Enforcement Theme Week.
Field force training a focus for Law Enforcement Theme Week at CDP

The Center for Domestic Preparedness will train law enforcement officers to respond to a variety of incidents during its Law Enforcement Theme Week, September 20-26 at the center’s Anniston, Alabama campus.

First responders prepare instruments & kits for use during hazardous materials detection exercise in HT course.
Snapshot: Detecting hazardous materials

First responders prepare instruments and kits for use during a hazardous materials detection exercise in the Hazardous Materials Technologies: Sampling, Monitoring, and Detection (HT) course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP).

CDP Law Enforcement Theme Week includes hazardous materials response.
CDP Law Enforcement Theme Week includes hazardous materials response

The Center for Domestic Preparedness will train law enforcement officers to respond to a variety of incidents, including those in hazardous environments, during its Law Enforcement Theme Week, September 20-26 at the center’s Anniston, Alabama, campus.

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CDP reached a significant milestone earlier this month with its 25,000th VILT completion certificate.
CDP records another virtual training milestone

The Center for Domestic Preparedness reached a significant milestone earlier this month when it issued its 25,000th virtual instructor-led training (VILT) completion certificate.

Students practice taking samples of suspicious liquids in the CDP’s HEC Course.
Snapshot: HEC Course

Students practice taking samples of suspicious liquids in the CDP’s Evidence Collection in a Hazardous Materials Environment (HEC) Course.

Financial Management Specialist, Rachel Gregory.
In the Spotlight: Rachel Gregory

A financial management specialist, Rachel Gregory has been a federal employee more than 30 years, the last 11 at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP has released the  number of web-based course completions it recorded during March.
CDP releases Virtual Instructor-Led Training schedule for December

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

Students learn about the characteristics of hazardous material plumes during the ARIO Course.
Snapshot: ARIO Course

Students learn about the characteristics of hazardous material plumes during the Advanced Radiological Incident Operations (ARIO) Course this week at the CDP.

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.