A working group gathered at the Center of Domestic Preparedness (CDP) this week to begin outlining the center’s next Tribal Nations Training Week.
The annual event is the largest training event of its type in the Department of Homeland Security, usually attended by about 300 tribal nation responders.
The working group, comprised of responders from …
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released its quarterly report on the effectiveness of its training during the first quarter of 2022.
The report, taken from student surveys and a comparison of pre-tests and final exams, gauges the degree to which students found the training to be appealing and relevant as well as whether …
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is currently assisting with the training of 75 National Guardsmen from three states.
This week, 25 members of the Vermont Air National Guard and 12 soldiers from the Maryland Army National Guard will complete two weeks of training on the CDP campus and 38 guardsmen from New Mexico will …
A Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) employee has been chosen to participate in a Department of Homeland Security working group focused on mental health and wellness.
Kelly Ryan, a supervisory instructional systems specialist at the center, was notified of his selection in May.
The working group’s goal is to develop a comprehensive, research-informed approach to …
The partnership between FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Office of Bombing Prevention (OBP) provides added value to the training many responders receive at the CDP.
To-date in 2022, six OBP courses have been conducted on the CDP campus, resulting in 51 completions of its Protective Measures Course …
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) recently completed two sizable paving projects and is gearing up to begin another.
During the past month, aging parking lots at the CDP’s main building and its Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility received new pavement as part of a campus-wide improvement project.
The overall project involves several …
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) will offer a week of train-the-trainer courses September 11-16, which will prepare attendees to deliver select CDP training to other responders in their communities.
Train-the-trainer courses serve as a force multiplier, enabling participants to train their agency members, partnering agencies and communities in recognition, response and mitigation best practices. …
When an EF-4 tornado struck Winterset, Iowa, on March 5, Diogenes Ayala, director of the Madison County Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency, relied on training he received from FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in his response to the storm.
Ayala felt pulled to the emergency management field following 9/11. A native of New …
The 2022 National Preparedness Symposium came to a close today on the campus of FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, Alabama.
The annual event was attended by more than 200 people, including federal preparedness coordinators, state training officers, and emergency managers and first responders from across the nation. It featured remarks by FEMA Deputy …
During the past year, FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has delivered unique virtual training to three underserved jurisdictions on the east coast.
This training, for Baldwin County, Alabama; Birmingham, Alabama; and Baltimore, Maryland, helped prepare the communities for hurricanes, an international sporting event and potential terrorist incidents, respectively.
The training included capstone exercises with …
