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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 Instructor Jamie Goode.
In the Spotlight: Jamie Goode

A firefighter and rescue specialist in Michigan, Jamie Goode brings more than 20 years of on-the-job experience to his duties as an instructor for FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness

CDP released the number of its web-based course completions for September.
CDP releases web-based training numbers for May

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness today released its number of web-based course completions for May.

A responder practices putting on protective equipment.
Snapshot: Protective Gear ‘Know How’

A law enforcement officer practices putting on protective equipment during training this week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP to train responders in a coastal Alabama county.
CDP to train coastal area responders

The Center for Domestic Preparedness is currently putting the final touches on a plan to provide critical preparedness training to responders in a coastal Alabama county.  

The CDP is planning its first HMA Train-the-Trainer Course, which will be conducted on campus Sept. 7-11.
HMA Train-the-Trainer offering planned for September

The Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Hazardous Materials Awareness Course has typically been conducted online, enabling students who need the eight hours of training to receive it where they are, rather than traveling.

CDP kicks off extensive training effort in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
CDP kicks off training in U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness today kicked off an extensive training effort geared specifically at responders in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

Students and instructors discuss containment principles during hazardous materials training.
Snapshot: Hazardous Materials Training

Students and instructors discuss containment principles during hazardous materials training this week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP releases VILT schedule for June.
CDP releases Virtual Instructor-Led Training schedule for June

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

Online HSEP II course to launch in June.
Online Health Sector Emergency Preparedness II Course to launch in June

Earlier this year, the Center for Domestic Preparedness placed its Health Sector Emergency Preparedness I course online. In June, the center will expand on this training with the online version of Health Sector Emergency Preparedness II.

The CDP’s Hospital Emergency Response Training Course is one of the resident courses offered in the coming months.
CDP posts on-campus training offerings for June, July, August.

The Center for Domestic Preparedness’ on-campus training offerings for June, July and August have been posted on the center’s website.