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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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Program Specialist, Johnnie Richardson.
In the Spotlight: Johnnie Richardson

For Johnnie Richardson, accepting a job at the Center for Domestic Preparedness in 2018 was a little like coming home.

CDP has released its VILT schedule for the month of September.
CDP releases Virtual Instructor-Led Training schedule for September

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

CDP presents its newly revised HMT course.
CDP presents updated HMT course

This week, FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness presents its newly revised Hazardous Materials Technician (HMT) Course for the first time.

Student practices triaging and decontaminating patients in the CDP’s HERT Course.
Snapshot: HERT Course

Students practice triaging and decontaminating patients this week in the CDP’s Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents (HERT) Course.

CDP contemplates healthcare evacuation course.
CDP contemplates healthcare evacuation course

Those responsible for planning how to evacuate patients from a hospital or other health care facility in the event of an emergency will be pleased to hear the Center for Domestic Preparedness is looking at the possibility of adding a course focused precisely on that to its expansive library of offerings.

CDP released its non-resident and indirect training numbers for July.
CDP releases non-resident, indirect training numbers for July

The Center for Domestic Preparedness this week released its non-resident and indirect training numbers for July.

The BERT course is an updated version of the center’s former TERT course, seen here.
CDP prepares for first BERT class

The first delivery of the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ new Basic Emergency Response Training (BERT) Course is slated September 20-22.

CDP will soon release new online Web EOC course.
CDP develops online Web EOC course

The Center for Domestic Preparedness will soon release a new distance learning offering which we will be a prerequisite for students to attend certain resident courses.

CDP instructor discusses detonation methods used in homemade explosive devices.
Snapshot: LERA Course

An instructor discusses detonation methods used in homemade explosive devices this week during the Law Enforcement Response Actions for CBRNE Incidents (LERA) Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP kicks off the 2021 Tribal - DHS Summit.
Center for Domestic Preparedness kicks off Tribal-DHS Summit

The Center for Domestic Preparedness earlier this week kicked off the 2021 Tribal - Department of Homeland Security Summit.