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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 working with alumni as part of a routine training needs assessment.
CDP working with alumni to improve course content, delivery

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has been busy recently soliciting feedback from alumni as part of a routine training needs assessment.

CDP to present lectures in August to members of tribal communities in four midwestern states.
CDP to support Bureau of Indian Affairs conference

The Center for Domestic Preparedness will present a dozen lectures during August to members of tribal communities in four midwestern states.

CDP reached an online training milestone when it recorded its 25,000th online course completion.
CDP reaches online training milestone

This week FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness reached an online training milestone when it recorded its 25,000th online course completion.

CDP to host webinars on wide range of topical issues.
CDP to host webinars on wide range of topical issues

To continue to help meet the professional development needs of responders, FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness is offering a number of webinars  through the end of month.

CDP designs virtual version of Emergency Medical Response Awareness (EMRA) course.
CDP designs virtual version of medical response course

The Center for Domestic Preparedness is working closely with a number of college nursing schools to assist teaching their students medical triage methods and how to care for individuals exposed to or injured from a wide variety of hazards.

Healthcare offerings added to CDP’s ‘virtual’ training schedule.
Healthcare offerings added to CDP’s ‘virtual’ training schedule

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has added six healthcare offerings to its ‘virtual’ training schedule.

CDP, Texas A&M produce pair of cyber safety PSAs
CDP, Texas A&M produce pair of cyber safety PSAs

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness, in partnership with Texas A&M University, has created two public service announcement-style videos aimed at helping responders stay safe in cyberspace.

Hospital Planning for Mass Casualty Incident Surges
Video shows responders how to plan for mass casualty surges

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has added another training video to its growing library of online offerings, this one titled ‘Hospital Planning for Mass Casualty Incident Surges.’

CDP has released the number of web-based course completions it tallied during September.
Response community reminded of new CDP online, virtual training offerings

Emergency managers and responders are reminded of the numerous online and virtual training offerings the CDP recently developed.

Healthcare curriculum to include new CDC guidance.
Healthcare curriculum to include new CDC guidance

The Center for Domestic Preparedness is updating some of its healthcare curriculum to include up-to-date CDC guidance created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.