The National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC)

The National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC) is the principal vehicle through which Department of Homeland Security/FEMA National Preparedness Directorate (NPD) identifies, develops, tests, and delivers training to state and local emergency responders.

The NDPC membership includes all of the members listed below and over 75 other partners that have received training grants from Department of Homeland Security to develop and/or deliver various courses. Each member brings a unique set of assets to the domestic preparedness program.  Go to the consortium sites listed below or the NPD's course catalog at the link below, when you find a course you want to attend as a student in a resident delivery, download an application from the consortium member site and fax to OKOHS at 405-425-7295 or contact OKOHS at 405-425-7296 or e-mail OKOHS for an application.  

If you are interested in being a host for one of the courses that can be delivered in Oklahoma, contact OKOHS to begin the process.  OKOHS will assist with locating the training site and provide funding for the site, if needed. Once scheduled OKOHS will market and complete student registration process for the course for your jurisdiction.

OKOHS is looking for students and host sites for this great opportunity to receive some of the best training available.

Most courses are available as a direct delivery where instructors travel to the Oklahoma and conduct courses or as a resident delivery course where students travel to the training site.  With either delivery method, there  is no cost for the instruction of the course(s).  

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The following is brief description of each NDPC member and their expertise with a link to each site:

• Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP): The CDP provides hands-on specialized training to state and local emergency responders in the management and remediation of WMD incidents. Located at the former home of the U.S. Army Chemical School, Fort McClellan, the CDP conducts live chemical agent training for the nation's civilian emergency response community. The training emergency responders receive at the CDP provides a valid method for ensuring high levels of confidence in equipment, procedures, and individual capabilities.  CDP Training Application
   
• New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (National Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center) (NMIMT): NMIMT offers live explosive training including the use of field exercises and classroom instruction. NMIMT is the lead NDPC partner for explosives and firearms, live explosives, and incendiary devices training. NMIMT offers two courses: Incident Response to Terrorist Bombings and Preparing for and Responding to Suicide Bomber Incidents. 

           IRTB Training Application  PRSBI Training Application
 

• Louisiana State University (LSU) (Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education): LSU provides training to law enforcement agencies and focuses its efforts on the delivery of the Emergency Response to Terrorism: Basic Concepts for Law Enforcement Course, and the development and delivery of the Emergency Response to Domestic Biological Incidents Course.
   
• Texas A&M University (National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center): Texas A&M delivers a set of courses to prepare state and local officials for the threat posed by Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). Courses are developed and designed to provide each specific segment of the emergency response community with the tools needed to accomplish its role in the event of a WMD incident. Additionally, Texas A&M has developed an Interactive Internet WMD Awareness Course for emergency responders. Texas A&M also provides technical assistance to state and local jurisdictions in the development of WMD assessment plans.
   
• U.S. Department of Energy's Nevada Test Site (National Exercise, Test, and Training Center) (NTS): NTS conducts large scale field exercises using a wide range of live agent stimulants as well as explosives. NTS develops and delivers a Radiological/Nuclear Agents Course.  Nevada Test Site Training Application

  NDP Training and Exercise Integration / Training Operations (TEI/TO) Course Catalog

NDP's course catalog can be found at the NDP TEI/TO website, First Responder Training.

This catalog is designed to provide emergency response personnel with comprehensive information regarding training courses and technical assistance offered by NDP. The catalog contains course descriptions and information on all training courses and technical assistance developed and delivered by NDP and its training partners. The catalog also contains contact information to assist you in corresponding directly with the course developers to obtain additional information,if needed. and/or technical assistance.

If you find a course and/or technical assistance that you want to attend or to have a course delivered in Oklahoma, contact Kathryn McCoy.

 

COFT Training

With the new COFT requirements for Weapons of Mass Destruction/CBRNE training, below is a link to an online training course to fulfill the training needs. 

AWR-160 Terrorism Awareness for Emergency First Responders

Last update January 2010