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$CDP has released its resident training calendar for the month of June.$

CDP releases June resident course schedule

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

The CDP recorded more than 3,000 course completions by first responders from Louisiana in the past five years. Consequently, it’s safe to assume numerous CDP grads were among those helping ensure the safety of fans and players at Super Bowl LIX.

CDP grads ensure safe Super Bowl LIX

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness recorded more than 3,000 course completions by first responders from Louisiana in the past five years.

CDP plans 2025 Law Enforcement Training Week

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) will host its 2025 Law Enforcement Theme Week March 9-15 on the center’s campus in Anniston, Alabama.

CDP released its resident training calendar for the month of May.

CDP releases May resident course schedule

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

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The CDP is featured in the October issue of Business Alabama magazine.

CDP featured in Business Alabama magazine

The Center for Domestic Preparedness is prominently featured in the October 2018 edition of Business Alabama magazine.

CDP Releases September Training Numbers

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

CDP supporting Birmingham and World Games 2021

The Center for Domestic Preparedness is assisting the City of Birmingham as it prepares to host the World Games in 2021.

Space for training was just one of the things the CDP provided in September when FEMA’s Personnel Mobilization Center, which was activated to support Hurricane Florence response and recovery efforts, stood up on its campus.

CDP supports FEMA Personnel Mobilization Center

The Center for Domestic Preparedness recently provided critical support to FEMA’s Personnel Mobilization Center, which was activated to support Hurricane Florence response and recovery efforts.

CDP Releases August Training Numbers

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

Responder-Students don protective gear to treat ‘patients’ suspected of having the Ebola virus.

Students learn how to treat patients with highly infectious diseases during themed training week

Ebola was the focus of the CDP’s Highly Infectious Disease Theme Week Aug. 27-31, and for the 81 students enrolled in the Healthcare Leadership (HCL) and Barrier Precautions for Highly Infectious Diseases (HID) courses.

An aerial view of Calhoun County at dusk.

CDP unveils ‘Backyard Ambassador’ initiative

The Center for Domestic Preparedness is hoping to make Calhoun County, AL – the county in which the FEMA training institution is located – one of the ’most prepared’ counties in the nation.

National Disaster Medical Service (NDMS) personnel set up shop in the rear of the CDP’s Advanced Responder Training Complex.

National Disaster Medical Service trains at CDP

The HHS National Disaster Medical Service (NDMS) trained at the CDP in late August.

A team of students decontaminates a ‘patient’ in the CDP’s Technical Emergency Response Training for CBRNE Incidents, or TERT, course.

COURSE SPOTLIGHT: Technical Emergency Response Training for CBRNE Incidents (TERT)

Technical Emergency Response Training for CBRNE Incidents (TERT) is a four-day course that provides responders with chemical-, biological-, radiological-, nuclear- and explosive- (CBRNE-) speciﬁc and all-hazards response skills enabling them to respond safely to events with those materials.

Center challenges Coast Guard Hazardous Material Technicians

More than 100 Coast Guardsmen trained at the CDP in 2017, and 110 are scheduled to be trained in 2018.