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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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Responders participate in an integrated capstone exercise during Tribal Training Week 2018.
CDP to host Tribal Training Week 2019

Preparations are underway for the CDP’s 4th Annual Tribal Nations Training Week – the largest annual tribal training event in the Department of Homeland Security – which will run March 16-23.

Hazardous Materials training at the CDP.
CDP Releases February Training Numbers

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

The Department of Homeland Security's 2019 Appropriations Bill includes $20M for capital improvements at the CDP, including the Advanced Responder Training Complex.
CDP to receive $20M to enhance facilities

The Center for Domestic Preparedness will receive an additional $20 million to modernize facilities, courtesy of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2019.

The CDP’s new isolation ward will help responders learn how to properly deal with individuals with highly-infectious diseases.
CDP's Noble Training Facility to soon have Isolation Ward

The CDP’s Noble Training Facility will soon have a permanent isolation ward where responders will train how to deal with individuals with highly-infectious diseases.

Police officers ‘clear’ the first floor of the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Noble Training Facility during the CDP’s first Integrated Capstone Event of 2019.
CDP conducts 1st Integrated Capstone Event of 2019

The Center for Domestic Preparedness, in collaboration with the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, conducted its first Integrated Capstone Event of 2019 on February 15.

CDP online course completions are averaging 500 a month.
Demand high for newest CDP courses

The Center for Domestic Preparedness’ new online courses are averaging approximately 500 course completions per month.

National Domestic Preparedness Consortium Logo.
CDP featured in National Domestic Preparedness Consortium report

The CDP is featured in a recently-released National Domestic Preparedness Consortium report.

Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA.
CDP supports Big Game

When players and fans of the two Championship teams converge on Atlanta this weekend, they’ll have the Center for Domestic Preparedness among those to thank for ensuring they are safe during their time in the city.

Student checking vitals of medical patient simulator in the emergency room during capstone mass casualty exercise.
CDP courses to resume

Classes will resume Feb. 4 at the Center for Domestic Preparedness, following the end of the recent federal shutdown.

Training at the CDP.
CDP Releases December Training Numbers

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