CHEMS Responders Complete Homeland Security Training

2/16/2015

SCRANTON, Pa. (Feb. 17, 2015) – Commonwealth Health Emergency Medical Service responders Nate Truitt and Mike Chmielewski recently completed training offered by the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston, Ala.

The CDP is operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency and is the only federally chartered Weapons of Mass Destruction training facility in the nation. 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 40 training courses focusing on incident management, mass casualty response, and emergency response to a catastrophic natural disaster or terrorist act.