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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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Students check the fit of their protective masks during this week’s RP Course.
Snapshot: Mask Fit Training

Students check the fit of their protective masks during this week’s Respiratory Protection: Program Development and Administration (RP) Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP’s fall HEC Course has seat openings October 31 to November 5.
CDP’s fall HEC Course has seat openings

The Center for Domestic Preparedness has seats available in its next Evidence Collection in a Hazardous Materials Environment (HEC) Course, which is slated for delivery October 31 to November 5.

CDP Instructor, Joel Miller.
In the Spotlight: Joel Miller

Joel Miller speaks from decades of experience as he trains law enforcement officers how to safely control crowds at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP delivers inaugural HMA Train-the-Trainer Course.
CDP delivers inaugural HMA Train-the-Trainer Course

The Center for Domestic Preparedness this week conducted the initial resident offering of its Hazardous Materials Awareness Train-the-Trainer (HMA TtT) Course.

Students practice decontamination procedures during HMO training.
Snapshot: Hazardous Materials Operations Training

Students practice decontamination procedures during Hazardous Materials Operations (HMO) training this week at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP is anticipating an expansion of its training activity in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
CDP anticipates expansion of training activity in U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico

On the heels of its recent successes in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, the Center for Domestic Preparedness is anticipating an expansion of its training activity in those locations.

Dorm renovations, other construction projects proceeding at CDP.
Dorm renovations, other construction projects proceeding at CDP

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness is currently renovating one of its student dormitories, with improvements to another slated to begin next year.

CDP has openings in October EMO Course.
Openings in October EMO Course

The Center for Domestic Preparedness has available seats in its Emergency Medical Operations for CBRNE Incidents (EMO) Course October 24-30.

The CDP's Environmental Health Training in Emergency Response Operations Course addresses issues such as drinking water safety and mass feeding facilities during and following a disaster or emergency.
Environmental Health responders sought for October offering

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has seat openings in its Environmental Health Training in Emergency Response Operations (EHTER Ops) Course October 17-23.