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CDP has seat openings in upcoming fall classes.
CDP has openings in fall classes

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has seat openings in upcoming offerings of its Public Order and Public Safety: Basic (POPS-B), Evidence Collection in a Hazardous Materials Environment (HEC) and Hazardous Materials Operations (HMO) courses in November and December.

The CDP concluded its 10th annual Tribal Nations Training Week today. More than 250 students, representing 70 tribal nations attended the event, which included training in emergency management and healthcare preparedness and response.
CDP holds 10th annual Tribal Nations Training Week

The CDP concluded its 10th annual Tribal Nations Training Week today. More than 250 students, representing 70 tribal nations attended the event, which included training in emergency management and healthcare preparedness and response.

CDP hosted its inaugural Law Enforcement Training Week.
CDP hosts inaugural Law Enforcement Training Week

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) hosted its inaugural Law Enforcement Training Week Sept. 8-12 on its campus in Anniston, Alabama. The event brought together more than 160 law enforcement officers from across the nation to enhance their preparedness and response capabilities.

CDP has released its resident training calendar for the month of November.
CDP releases November resident course schedule

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released its resident training calendar for the month of November.

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CDP trains tribal community, support group in California.
CDP trains tribal community, support group in California

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness recently provided a virtual version of its instructor training course to 15 representatives of Blue Lake Rancheria (Blue Lake, CA); the California Tribal Emergency Response and Relief Agency (CAL TERRA), and a number of local and state agencies in the Golden State.

CDP developing mass dispensing ops course.
CDP developing mass dispensing ops course

When healthcare professionals across the nation begin dispensing a COVID-19 vaccine, many of them will have FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness to thank for training them how to set up and operate an efficient and smooth mass dispensing operation.

CDP to provide nursing students from southeast 'virtual' training on mass casualty response.
CDP to provide ‘virtual’ training to nursing students across Southeast

Nursing students at five colleges and universities will soon be on the receiving end of mass casualty response training provided FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP will deliver a presentation at this year’s National Preparedness Symposium.
CDP to participate in 2020 National Preparedness Symposium

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has announced that it will deliver a presentation at this year’s National Preparedness Symposium.

Respiratory protection training material to soon be available online.
Some respiratory protection training material to soon be available online

Responders looking to gain valuable respiratory protection skills will soon have a number of online resources to assist them, courtesy of FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness.

‘Shelter Operations in Bio Environment’ subject of new CDP video.
‘Shelter Operations in Bio Environment’ subject of new CDP video

Emergency management trainers from across the country are in the process of putting together a five- to seven-minute video aimed at helping responders safely work in shelters set up to serve those who’ve evacuated from areas contaminated with chemicals or biological agents.

CDP caps record month for online, virtual instructor-led training.
CDP moves online lecture webinars to ‘virtual instructor-led training’ format

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has converted all of its Online Lecture Series (OLS) webinars to the Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT) format.

CDP partners with DisasterReady.org to promote online training.
CDP partners with DisasterReady.org to promote online courses, training videos

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness is partnering with the program DisasterReady.org to promote a number of the center’s virtual (online) training offerings.

CDP reviewing modules of the center’s popular EHTER Ops course.
CDP environmental health course modules under review

Curriculum developers at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness and a group of disaster response subject matter experts are currently reviewing modules of the center’s popular Environmental Health Training in Emergency Response Operations (EHTER Ops) course.