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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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The course hones healthcare professionals' disaster planning skills.
Online version of health sector preparedness course in works

Center for Domestic Preparedness course developers are currently storyboarding, or outlining, an online version of its popular Health Sector Emergency Preparedness course.

The community’s emergency strategy was developed using CDP course material.
Preparation enables tribal community to weather power outages

While most communities in northern California were struggling through recent power outages, the tribal community of Blue Lake Rancheria was mostly operating normally, courtesy of stand-alone, solar-powered mini-electrical grids it had installed in preparation for such events.

Responders don protective suits during hazardous materials training at the CDP.
CDP to train those in special chemical operations program

To better protect the public during chemical disasters, the Center for Domestic Preparedness is helping FEMA’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Office develop a Chemical Operations Support Specialist program.

The scene of the climate change protest in Washington, D.C.
CDP training evident in protest response near White House

When law enforcement officers in the District of Columbia recently untethered climate change protestors from a boat in the middle of a busy intersection, just two blocks away from the White House, they did so safely using tactics taught in the CDP’s Field Force Extrication Course.

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Center for Domestic Preparedness to be featured in USA Today

An upcoming issue of USA Today will include a feature article about the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

Field Force Operations training at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.
CDP releases September training numbers

The CDP has released its training numbers for the month of September.

B-17 bomber crash site in Connecticut.
Healthcare team credits CDP training for successful B-17 crash response

A hospital in Hartford, Connecticut has publicly credited FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness for ensuring it was prepared to respond Thursday to the crash of a vintage B-17 bomber at nearby Bradley International Airport.

The pilot of the CDP’s new DREAM course will run from December 16-20.
CDP announces ‘DREAM’ course pilot

The Center for Domestic Preparedness has announced the dates for the pilot of its new DREAM (Disaster Related Exposure Assessment and Monitoring) course.

A responder is welcomed to Tribal Training Week 2019.
Registration open for Tribal Training Week 2020

Registration is now open for the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ next Tribal Training Week, the largest annual tribal training event in the Department of Homeland Security.

Students prepare to take environmental samples during the new Radiological Emergency Preparedness Field Operations Course.
First class of new radiological course ‘in the books’

The Center for Domestic Preparedness presented graduation certificates today to the first group of responders to complete its new Radiological Emergency Preparedness Field Operations Course.