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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 coordinating virtual tribal training for May.
CDP coordinating virtual tribal training

The Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP’s) will conduct its 10th annual Tribal Nations Training Week April 26-May 3.

CDP COBRATF passes biosafety inspection.
CDP passes biosafety inspection

The CDP’s Chemical, Ordnance, Biological, and Radiological Training Facility (COBRATF) recently passed an inspection conducted by the Department of Homeland Security’s Compliance Assurance Program Office.

CDP has released the number of its web-based course completions for December.
CDP releases web-based training numbers for December

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released the number of its web-based course completions for December.

Students learn to minimize waterway contamination during the Hazardous Materials Operations (HMO) Course.
Snapshot: Containment

Students learn to minimize waterway contamination during the Hazardous Materials Operations (HMO) Course this week at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP).

CDP medics participate in air transport training.
CDP medical personnel attend air transport training

Medics employed by FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) participated in training recently, where they were taught the capabilities of medical transport helicopters as well as the communication and other needs of support personnel on the ground.

CDP has released resident training numbers for December.
CDP releases resident training numbers for December

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released the number of course completions recorded in December by those who trained on its campus in Anniston, Alabama.

Responders remove clothing from a ‘patient’ prior to decontamination during the HERT course.
Snapshot: Patient decontamination

Responders remove clothing from a ‘patient’ prior to decontamination during the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents (HERT) Course.

CDP Instructor Kelley Blair.
In the Spotlight: Kelley Blair

Kelley Blair began has served as a healthcare instructor at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) since 2021.

CDP 10th annual Tribal Nations Training Week will be conducted April 26-May 3, 2025.
2025 tribal training features variety of tracks

The Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP’s) 10th annual Tribal Nations Training Week will be conducted April 26-May 3, 2025.

Students learn how to set up and perform a technical decontamination during HMO training.
Snapshot: Technical Decon

Students learn how to set up and perform a technical decontamination during Hazardous Materials Operations (HMO) training this week at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP).