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Students can now register for August resident training at the CDP.
CDP’s August resident courses are available for registration

Students can now register for the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP) August resident training calendar.

Students can now register for July resident courses at the CDP.
CDP releases resident course schedule for July

Students can now register for the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP) July resident training calendar.

Law enforcement officers learn proper crowd-control formations during CDP Field Force Operations training.
Snapshot: Field Force Operations

Law enforcement officers learn proper crowd-control formations during Field Force Operations (FFO) training at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP resumes delivery of four healthcare courses.
CDP resumes delivery of healthcare courses

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CDP teaches medical students ‘displaced’ by COVID-19
CDP teaches medical students ‘displaced’ by COVID-19

At the request of the university, FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness this week started providing crisis and disaster response training to more than 120 University of Alabama - Birmingham medical students who have been displaced from their classrooms by the COVID-19 pandemic.

CDP team exploring distant learning offerings
CDP team exploring distant learning offerings

Like many learning institutions across the country, the Center for Domestic Preparedness has been taking a hard look at what of its advanced disaster response training material for first responders it can provide via distant learning methods.

Medical responders credit CDP for successful COVID-19 response
Medical responders credit CDP for successful COVID-19 response

Two doctors who were among the first healthcare professionals to deal with the coronavirus in the United States attribute training at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness for their team’s effective response in early March to the outbreak of the disease in their community.

Public Communication Concerns during Social Distancing
Public Communication Concerns during Social Distancing

The Center for Domestic Preparedness has produced a podcast which tells public information officers and other responders how to safely and effectively communicate with their audiences while adhering to social distancing and other COVID-19 practices recommended by the CDC.

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CDP releases February training numbers

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has released its training numbers for the month of February.

The CDP's new Instructor Training Course is only 32 hours but more intense than the previous offering.
CDP welcomes ‘revamped’ Instructor Training Course

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness this week unveiled an updated version of its popular Instructor Training Course.

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CDP statement regarding training

The CDP mission to support the nationwide response to COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus, has been cancelled.

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Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL officials train at Center for Domestic Preparedness

About 40 officials from Birmingham and Jefferson County, AL, participated in Incident Command training in late February at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness.

The Center’s new Chemical Operations Specialist Course is nearly complete.
CDP closer to training those in new special chemical operations program

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness is putting the final touches on a new course that will be part of a chemical operations support specialist program run by the agency’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Office.

Hazardous material evidence collection training at the CDP
CDP releases January training numbers

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has released its training numbers for the month of January.