From the Federal Emergency Management Agency:
Deputy State Fire Marshal Oliver Alkire, Fire/Explosive Investigator from the Maryland Department of State Police – Office of the Fire Marshal, Northeast Region recently completed training offered by the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), in Anniston, Ala. 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.
DSFM Oliver Alkire attended and successfully completed the Hazardous Materials Technician for CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives) Incidents course. The course provides lectures in terrorist threats, hazardous materials management system and information management while receiving hands- on training in identifying hazardous materials, using advanced surveying and monitoring equipment and performing decontaminating procedures. “In my opinion it would be difficult to find a finer institution for learning such advanced training. The CDP is an amazing facility that probably has the most advanced and cutting edge equipment available to its students. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting other police officers and firefighters from across the country while meeting the requirements to attend FBI’s Hazardous Device School.” Alkire is hoping to soon join the ranks of the OSFM Bomb Squad unit and be selected as an Explosive Detection K-9 handler.
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 a catastrophic natural disaster or terrorist act. Training at the CDP campus is federally funded 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.
This isn’t news, its more like an addition to a resume. C,mon DAGGER, no one wants to read crap about how someone attended a seminar. Please, DAGGER NEWS SERVICE report something news worthy and don’t do stories because you promised the guy you’ll put his name in print.
Nice attitude!
Do you treat all emergency rescue personnel like this or just those are lauded for taking efforts to improve their ability to save your life?
Well Brian, the story is just sensational. I’ll keep my opinions to myself. That is what you want. Just please tell everyone how this bunch of filler impacts the lives of your readers.
Dude, I’m not keepin my opinions to myself. This guy is not a first responder. He is a desk jockey. His training is pointless unless you get him out from his desk. A Deputy Fire Marshall does not evan go to fires he kinda goes after the fact. That is not a responder that is an anal’ist. Brian this guy couldn’t save a life if it was his own mothers. Think before you type next time, he wasted everyones money for a taxpayer paid trip to another state when he should’ve been behind his desk tryin to figur out whos been setting all those fires up there in HAZZARD COUNTY.
Nerdna: Sorry all the news isn’t sensational enough for you. Too bad no one got shot or no banks were robbed or there weren’t any bad car accidents or something more to your liking. The Dagger doesn’t need any readers like you so just go away.
Mommie Dearest, ahhh, what a great name for you. You are aware that your avatar is prolific for beating children with wire coat hangers. That is what the movie was about. I have a great idea, why don’t you quit your job at the court house, stop rooting for racists and start enjoying movies that don’t involve the beating of innocent children with wire coat hangers. That is what MOMMIE DEAREST was all about, Fae Dunnaway, beating her children half to death with coat hangers. I’ll leave you with this, “Yes, Mommie Dearest”. OBBWARP
The movie was actually about Joan Crawford, as portrayed by Faye Dunaway.
I can see werdna’s point, to a degree. I have always been baffled by what passes for news in our County. This is very obviously a press release from FEMA, and in a County where the business dealings of the Liquor Board routinely make the front page, could be considered news. I am not sure that I consider it to be terribly informative, but there may be a reader out there who would.
Not sure what ANY of that has to do with Mommie’s choice of PSEUDONYM (as opposed to acronym), but I have come to expect nothing less from some Dagger readers. When you do not have a valid point to make, go on the offensive and attack something completely out of left field.
I stand corrected, you are right about my recollection of the movie being about Dunnaway is incorrect. It is about Crawford played by Dunnaway. Its been a long time since I’ve seen it, please forgive my mental block. Time and too much coffee in the morning.
I agree with WERDNA. Mommie Dearest is a horrible acronym that is unsensitive to the many people who have grown up in world laced with child abuse. Couldn’t you change your avatar to represent something not so offensive?
Um why are we talking about my user name rather than the article? You all have some anger issues you need to deal with. BCCCStudent, my screen name is not an acronym. Take more classes to find out what an acronym is, son. And thanks for the movie review Nerdna. Perhaps you should submit your comments to the entertainment section.
Hey, Mommie, sorry for my rants and raves. Got all worked up from a comment from you. But, I’m not going anywhere, especially since you want it so bad……..