The LSU National Center for Biomedical Research and Training (NCBRT) and its subdivision, the Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education, are members of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC), a partnership of public and private organizations, the majority academic, committed to serving emergency first responders by providing quality, cost-effective counter-terrorism training.

The United States can mitigate the effects of terrorist acts through planning and preparation for emergency responders. The goal of the NDPC is to provide a focused threat responsive, long-term national capability to execute and sustain a comprehensive and coordinated domestic weapons of mass destruction (WMD) emergency responder education, training, testing and exercise program.

It is not only the law enforcement officer on duty or the local firefighter that must initially deal with an attack ranging from a letter bomb to WMD. Our communities' political leadership, emergency management personnel, and state and local emergency responders must be trained on the realities of threats and the consequences of using WMD. The NDPC capitalizes on the strengths and capabilities of these existing agencies.