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 …
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness has a library of self-paced, web-based training offerings responders can access anywhere, using a computer or compatible mobile device.
One of the offerings – Homemade Explosives and Precursor Awareness for Public Safety – teaches responders about the types of materials typically used in homemade explosives as well as the reasons …
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is working with the Department of Homeland Security’s Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Office to create web-based Post-BioWatch Actionable Result Sampling Refresher Training.
The DHS BioWatch Program monitors for biological agents intentionally released into the air. It acts as an early warning system, enabling rapid response to reduce …
In March, when the Center for Domestic Preparedness hosted representatives from Stillman College, it continued a long-standing organizational practice to explore mutual educational and training opportunities with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
For years, the center has trained students enrolled in nursing programs at 12 different colleges and universities in the Southeast. These include …
