Center for Domestic
Preparedness (CDP)
The Center for Domestic Preparedness
(CDP) is a vital training component of the Department of Homeland Security,
Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Training and Education Division.
The CDP develops and delivers training for emergency response providers from
state, local, and tribal governments and, when appropriate, the federal
government, foreign governments, and private sector entities. The CDP offers
over 50 training courses at its resident campus in Anniston, Alabama. Training
at the CDP campus is federally funded at no cost to state, local, and tribal
emergency response professionals from the following disciplines: Emergency
Management, Emergency Medical Services, Fire Service, Governmental
Administrative, Hazardous Materials, Healthcare, Law Enforcement, Public
Health, Public Safety Communications, and Public Works. In addition to resident
training, the CDP has a robust mobile training capability that can provide
critical advanced hands-on training in local jurisdictions across the country.
The CDP's Chemical, Ordnance, Biological, and Radiological Training Facility
(COBRATF) is the nation's only federally chartered toxic agent training
facility for state, local, and tribal emergency responders. This unique
facility serves as the platform for tactical operations training in a
contaminated environment that includes nerve agents (GB-Sarin/VX), simulated
biological hazards (Ricin/Anthrax), and radiological sources. The CDP's Noble
Training Facility (NTF) is a hospital venue that serves as a platform for
multiple healthcare, emergency medical service, public health, and
environmental health courses. NTF provides participants with a realistic
training environment designed to prepare and challenge professionals for mass
casualty incidents as a result of a catastrophic natural disaster or terrorist
act.
The Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center (EMRTC)
The Energetic
Materials Research and Testing Center (EMRTC) at New Mexico Tech (NMT) is the
consortium’s lead partner for explosives, live explosives, and incendiary
devices training.
Founded in 1889 as the New Mexico School of Mines, NMT has evolved into a
research-oriented public university specializing in science and engineering.
The institution has earned a worldwide reputation for the quality of its
research and academic programs. As a result, NMT has consistently garnered high
ratings from several sources, such as US News and World Report and
the Princeton Review. NMT conducts applied research in explosive technology,
explosive materials engineering, information security, and modeling and
simulation for numerous U.S. Government agencies, including the Departments of
Defense, Justice, State, Transportation, and Energy. The campus of NMT is
located 70 miles south of Albuquerque, NM. EMRTC’s additional training site,
Playas Training and Research Center, is located in the southwestern corner of
New Mexico.
As a major department of New Mexico Tech, EMRTC traces its roots back to the
development of the variable timing fuse — commonly known as the proximity fuse
— during World War II. In the past 60 years, the department has grown to a
highly regarded research, development, test, and evaluation complex. Currently,
EMRTC is a close knit team of more than 100 highly experienced professionals
who on a yearly basis perform 200-300 in-depth scientific investigations and
studies involving energetic materials. EMRTC offers the consortium a unique
blend of facilities, expertise, training development, and research
opportunities.
National
Center for Biomedical Research and Training (NCBRT)
The National Center for Biomedical Research and Training
(NCBRT), Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education at Louisiana State University
(LSU) is a founding member of the NDPC. The NCBRT has been involved in the
development and delivery of training and related efforts in support of the
Office for State and Local Domestic Preparedness Support since 1998, and now
for the Office for Grants and Training (G&T). Since that time, the NCBRT
has developed many courses and delivered them for the U.S. Departments of Homeland
Security, Justice, Health and Human Services, and Agriculture, as well as for
State and local jurisdictions, non-governmental organizations, and the private
sector. Courses deal with Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), counter-terrorism,
and high consequence events, for all disciplines including emergency
management, law enforcement (including tactical operations), HazMat teams,
public health, EMS, hospital, agricultural, and others. The NCBRT has also
developed and delivered numerous workshops and seminars, developed scenarios
and exercises, and has provided technical assistance to governmental and
non-governmental entities. Not only are the capabilities of the NCBRT wide and
deep, but they can be readily augmented by the scientists, researchers, and educators
available from LSU, the flagship university of Louisiana.
Texas
Engineering Extension Service, National Emergency Response and Rescue Training
Center (TEEX-NERRTC)
The National
Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center (NERRTC) was established in 1998
as part of the NDPC and approved in 2000 by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) as a national disaster response center. The NERRTC's mission is
to design, develop, and deliver training, exercises, and technical assistance
for the nation's emergency responders. NERRTC combines traditional classroom
work, small group instruction, field exercises, participant activities, case
studies and vignettes, multimedia scenarios, and computer-aided training and
exercise simulations to train individuals and jurisdictions.
NEERTC is a center of excellence
within the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX), one of the largest
providers of workforce training in the nation since 1919. TEEX is known for its
innovative, customized programs, including hands-on and on-site training. TEEX
is a state agency of the Texas A&M System. It is headquartered in College
Station, TX with seven regional training centers and offices located around the
state of Texas. These facilities support nine agency components, all of which
offer workforce training in particular subject areas, and collaborate to
provide TEEX customers with a seamless training venue. TEEX courses are taught
locally throughout the state, at customer facilities, and at TEEX-approved
locations both nationally and internationally.
National Nuclear Security
Administration/CTOS-Center for Radiological/Nuclear Training (NNSA/CTOS)
The U.S. Department of Energy’s
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) CTOS-Center for
Radiological/Nuclear Training program located at the Nevada National Secuirty
Site (NNSS) is the nation’s premier weapons of mass destruction (WMD)
radiological/nuclear training center. Since 1998, CTOS has focused on training
America's First Responders to prevent, mitigate, or respond to terrorist’s use
of radiological or nuclear weapons of mass destruction. Our mission is to
develop and deliver the most realistic and highest quality training in support
of Homeland Security using our extensive radiological expertise with the unique
assets of the NNSS.
CTOS-Center for Rad/Nuc Training provides online courses as well as hands-on,
performance-based training; conducted both at the NNSS and by Mobile Training
Teams (MTT). This focused training prepares responders to take immediate,
decisive action to prevent or respond to terrorist use of radiological/nuclear
WMDs such as improvised nuclear devices (IND) and radiological dispersal
devices (RDD). CTOS training facilities on the NNSS offer exclusive learning
opportunities with several unique exercise training sites including one at
“ground zero” of four previous nuclear detonations as well as an industrial
complex previously used for nuclear ram jet research and testing.
CTOS develops and conducts training courses for the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA), National Preparedness Directorate (NPD), National
Training and Education Division (NTED) within the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security (DHS). Its continuing role is to provide expertise and training to the
state and local emergency response community.
CTOS curriculum draws from the expertise of scientists, researchers, and
subject matter experts from the NNSA’s Remote Sensing Laboratories and DOE’s
National Laboratories. With FEMA/NPD concurrence, CTOS coordinates the
development and delivery of preventive radiological/nuclear detection and
interdiction training with the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO), the
DHS entity charged with this responsibility.
National Disaster
Preparedness Training Center (NDPTC)
The National Disaster Preparedness
Training Center is the only member of the NDPC to focus primarily on natural
hazards. Uniquely positioned geographically and culturally, the National
Disaster Preparedness Training Center at the University of Hawai‘i works
collaboratively to develop and deliver training and education in the areas of
disaster preparedness, response, and recovery to governmental, private, tribal,
and non-profit entities. Combining urban planning and environmental management,
the NDPTC addresses the needs of vulnerable at-risk populations, particularly
the challenges faced by coastal and island communities.
The NDPTC is focused on building community resiliency–“the capacity to absorb
shock, to recover quickly, and to learn from catastrophic events so that our
communities are better prepared and strengthened against damage from future
events.” This involves all sectors in the community, from front-line responders
and emergency managers to those involved in applied scientific research related
to the identification of hazards and risks and the design and engineering of
mitigation and adaptation strategies through both in-service, functional
training venues as well as for those pursuing formal academic credentials in
disaster management.
Security Emergency Response Training Center (SERTC)
SERTC is Colorado's State Training
Center for Domestic Preparedness
Customized training programs are provided to the chemical industry, public and
private emergency response teams, government agencies, and military to counter
terrorism in the rail environment. SERTC's staff of experienced trainers is
also supplemented with TTCI's Bureau of Explosives inspectors, internationally
recognized experts in hazardous materials transportation.