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Responders learn proper mask breakdown and cleaning techniques in this week’s Respiratory Protection course.
Snapshot: RP Course

Responders learn proper mask breakdown and cleaning techniques in this week’s Respiratory Protection: Program Development and Administration Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP has seat openings in its CDS course in March.
CDP has openings in March classes

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has seat openings in offerings of its Response to Controlled Dangerous Substances: Fentanyl, Analogs and Pharmaceutical Based Agents (CDS) course in March.

CDP has released its resident training calendar for the month of April.
CDP releases resident course schedule for April

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released its resident training calendar for the month of April.

Responders assess and mitigate simulated hazardous material leaks in this week’s Hazardous Materials Technician Course at the CDP.
Snapshot: Hazmat Response Training

Responders assess and mitigate simulated hazardous material leaks in this week’s Hazardous Materials Technician Course at the CDP.

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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. 

One of the CDP’s newest courses will teach responders how to manage surges in an ER or surgical department.
CDP developing medical ‘Overwhelming Trauma Events’ course

The CDP is now one-step closer to developing its new ‘Medical Response to Overwhelming, No-Notice Trauma Events’ course.

CDP training in Puerto Rico.
CDP trains 700-plus in Puerto Rico

The CDP on Thursday said that it trained more than 700 healthcare professionals from across Puerto Rico during two consecutive weeks of training it conducted on the island.

Al Davis, Chairman of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium addresses the symposium.
CDP welcomes National Preparedness Symposium attendees

The CDP welcomed about 250 guests to its campus May 21-23 for the 2019 National Preparedness Symposium.

Graduates of 11 Hospital Emergency Response Training course deliveries were among those who helped the CDP set a new standard for Indirect Course graduates in a single week.
CDP sets new ‘Indirect’ course standard

The CDP set a new standard last week by graduating more than 500 responders from ‘Indirect’- taught courses in a single week.

Healthcare response training at the CDP.
CDP Releases April Training Numbers

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

The Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wis., site of the 2020 Democratic National Convention.
CDP trains responders in advance of 2020 Democratic National Convention

More than 100 medical professionals from Wisconsin attended training April 29 to May 3 on the CDP campus in Anniston, Ala.

The DREAM course will help agencies with patient health monitoring and surveillance.
CDP developing ‘DREAM’ course

The Center for Domestic Preparedness is developing a new four-day course geared at teaching agencies how to properly monitor people exposed to any number of chemical, biological and radiological substances.

CDP training in Puerto Rico in 2018.
CDP to train medical responders in Puerto Rico

The Center for Domestic Preparedness is once again teaming with the Government of Puerto Rico to train public health and healthcare workers on the island how to respond to a variety of incidents both safely and efficiently.