Family Health Center Nurse Practitioner Attends Homeland Security Training

Sue Vrobel, a Nurse Practitioner at Family Health Center of Battle Creek (FHC) and an Emergency Responder, recently completed Homeland Security Training at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), located in Anniston, Alabama.

Responders attending CDP training are selected from the nation's 11 million emergency responders.  Training at the CDP ensures that responders gain critical skills and confidence to be better prepared to effectively respond to local incidents or potential weapons of mass destruction (WMD) incidents.

Sue is an active participant in county emergency preparedness activities and represented the Fifth District Medical Response Coalition (DMRC) at the training.  In 2007, due to her involvement in the DMRC, her employer, FHC, was designated a Neighborhood Emergency Help Center which could be activated in the event of a large scale disaster.

The CDEP 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 training facility in the nation.  Additional information about CDP training programs may be found at http://cdp.dhs.gov.