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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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A student receives feedback from an instructor during Tribal Training Week 2019.
CDP announces dates for Tribal Training Week 2020

The Center for Domestic for Domestic Preparedness has announced the dates for its next Tribal Training Week, the largest annual tribal training event in the Department of Homeland Security.

CDP Strategic Plan 2019-2023.
CDP unveils latest Strategic Plan

The Center for Domestic Preparedness has formally unveiled its latest strategic plan.

Disaster Surgery.
CDP to be featured in national publication

The CDP will be featured in the July issue of the American Journal of Disaster Medicine.

CDP Emergency Operations Center Manager Ken Spears.
CDP unveils ‘new’ Emergency Operations Center 

Ken Spears isn’t hoping to have the CDP’s ‘new’ emergency operations center baptized anytime soon. But, he says the EOC, which recently underwent an extensive renovation, is ready, should it need to be put into action.

A responder takes down an assailant during the capstone exercise of the CDP’s Complex Coordinated Attack Theme Week.
CDP hosts annual Complex Coordinated Attack Theme Week

The Center for Domestic Preparedness hosted its 2019 Complex Coordinated Attack Theme Week June 10-14 on its campus in Anniston, AL.

Brian Shirley says CDP training helped him deal with traumatic experiences.
Responder lauds CDP healthcare training

CDP alum lauds training, says it helped him deal with traumatic experiences.

CDP Field Force Operations Training
CDP Releases May Training Numbers

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

Downtown Charlotte, North Carolina.
CDP preps responders for 2020 Republican National Convention

More than 70 law enforcement specialists from North Carolina attended CDP non-resident training this week to enhance their skills in advance of the 2020 Republic National Convention in Charlotte.

Students attending select courses at the COBRA training facility will soon wear Blauer suits (Right) instead of JSLIST (Joint Service Lightweight Integrated Suit Technology) suits (Left).
Students to train in new protective suits

Students attending select courses at the CDP’s COBRA (Chemical, Ordnance, Biological, and Radiological) Training Facility will soon be outfitted with Blauer XRT suits when they train here.

The expansion of the CDP’s primary kitchen more than doubles the number of students the Center is able to feed.
CDP completes massive kitchen expansion

The CDP now has the capacity to feed more than 1,000 students three meals a day.