Dubuque Police Captains Jeremy Jensen and Jim Lembke recently completed training offered by the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), in Anniston, AL.
Dubuque Police Captains Jeremy Jensen and Jim Lembke recently completed training offered by the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), in Anniston, AL. The CDP is operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency and is the only federally-chartered Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) training facility in the nation.
The Captains participated in 5 days of training on law enforcement’s response to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear & explosive events. The training week concluded with an Integrated Capstone Event (ICE) involving 80+ agencies representing 30+ states and involved a concerted response to a hazardous material/mass casualty event.
The CDP develops and delivers advanced training for emergency response providers, emergency managers, and other government officials from state, local and tribal governments. The CDP offers more than 50 training courses focusing on incident management, mass casualty response, and emergency response to catastrophic natural disaster or terrorist act. Training at the CDP campus is federally funding at no cost to state, local and tribal emergency response professionals or their agency.
Resident training at the CDP includes healthcare and public health courses at the Noble Training Facility, the nation’s only hospital dedicated to training healthcare professionals in disaster preparedness and response. A number of resident training courses culminate at the CDP’s Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility (COBRA). The COBRA is the nation’s only facility featuring civilian training exercises in a true toxic environment using chemical agents. The advanced hands-on training enables responders to effectively prevent, respond to, and recover from real-world incidents involving acts of terrorism and other hazardous materials.
Responders participating in CDP training gain critical skills and confidence to respond effectively to local incidents or potential WMD events. More information can be found at http://cdp.dhs.gov.