Two graduates of Center for Domestic Preparedness courses were recently featured in newspapers serving the respective towns where they work.
Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Technician Katherine Cunningham was featured in a report in the Monroe (Mississippi) Journal.
Cunningham, a graduate of the CDP’s five-day Hazardous Materials Operations Course, was complimentary of the training, noting she …
FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness launched its new Basic Emergency Response Training (BERT) Course in the middle of September.
In a July 30 announcement, the CDP said it would present the inaugural offering of the three-day course the week of September 19-25.
The updated version of the center’s former Technical Emergency Response Training Course is …
The cafeteria in the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ main building is once again serving students and instructors.
The facility shut down when on-campus training was paused in March 2020, and the center used the time which followed to renovate and significantly expand the eatery.
Construction began in April of 2020 with the former cafeteria and …
The LSU National Center for Biomedical Research and Training/Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education (LSU NCBRT/ACE) has received a one-year, $99,985 cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Institute of Corrections.
The award will allow LSU NCBRT/ACE to work in tandem with federal partners to convert the NIC’s current Learning Professional curriculum to …
The CDP’s Chemical, Ordnance, Biological, and Radiological Training Facility (COBRATF) recently aced its biennial chemical surety inspection.
Conducted by a team from the U.S. Army’s Materiel Command, the inspection confirms whether the COBRATF is compliant with strict standards to store and train with the nerve agents GB (Sarin) and VX. It examines a wide range …
The Center for Domestic Preparedness this week is conducting the final pilot of its new Disaster Related Exposure Assessment and Monitoring (DREAM) Course.
DREAM teaches responders from state, local, tribal and territorial agencies how to assess, monitor and track the health conditions of emergency responders and community members following incidents involving chemical, biological or radiological …
The International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (IADLEST) recently re-certified the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Field Force Operations (FFO) Course.
IADLEST is a national organization which promotes standards in law enforcement training.
The three-day FFO course achieved the IADLEST’s National Certification Program Seal of Excellence for the second time. The first …
The CDP this week released its non-resident and indirect training numbers for June.
According to the data, the CDP conducted 44 non-resident courses for 1,969 responders and eight indirect courses for 126 responders during the month.
Non-resident courses are delivered by contract CDP instructors at locations across the United States. Indirect courses are delivered by …
A big thanks to the Security and Emergency Response Training Center (SERTC) team who went to Denver to participate in a memorial stair climb to commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and to raise money for the Fallen Firefighters Association.
Team SERTC did the 110 story stair climb in full firefighter gear, …
Two member organizations of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium are featured in the summer issue of the Training Partners Program’s TPP Times.
LSU’s National Center for Biomedical Research and Training/Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education (NCBRT/ACE) and University of Hawaii’s National Disaster Preparedness Training Center (NDPTC) both contributed articles on their training efforts.
LSU NCBRT/ACE’s article highlights …
