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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 caps record month for online, virtual instructor-led training.
CDP caps record month for online, virtual instructor-led training completions

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness had a record number of total virtual instructor-led training (VILT) and online course completions in September.

CDP resident training courses to include ‘Community Lifelines’ instruction.
CDP resident training courses to include ‘Community Lifelines’ information

When they resume, all resident training courses at the Center for Domestic Preparedness will include a small block of instruction on FEMA ‘Community Lifelines.’

CDP's library of training videos is about to expand once again.
CDP to expand library of training videos

The library of training videos at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness is about to expand once again.

CDP developing advanced Health Sector Emergency Preparedness course.
CDP developing advanced Health Sector Emergency Preparedness course

There will soon be an additional training opportunity at the Center for Domestic Preparedness for community health specialists and other medical professionals who work in non-hospital settings.

CDP releases Virtual Instructor-Led Training Schedule for October.
CDP releases Virtual Instructor-Led Training schedule for October

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

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.