Recent News
LSU NCBRT/ACE Awarded $20.84 Million from FEMA for Training and Education Initiatives
LSU NCBRT/ACE is proud to announce the receipt of a $20.84 million grant from the Department of Homeland Security, awarded through FEMA’s Fiscal Year 2024 National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC) appropriation. This significant funding, delivered via a cooperative agreement, will bolster LSU NCBRT/ACE’s mission to develop and deliver cutting-edge training and education programs for first responders and public safety officials across the nation.
LSU NCBRT/ACE Brings Together One Hundred Responders from Across West Virginia for Large-Scale Threat Training
In the event of a large-scale attack or threat, agencies from all across the region will need to work together to stop the danger. Over one hundred emergency responders in Charleston, West Virginia, practiced this skill earlier this month when LSU NCBRT/ACE delivered its course, A Prepared Jurisdiction: Integrated Response to Critical Incidents.
DHS Secretary Visits LSU NCBRT/ACE Class in Washington, D.C.
LSU NCBRT/ACE was honored to welcome Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to a recent delivery of our Active Threat Integrated Response Course that was held in Washington, D.C. on June 6-8. LSU NCBRT/ACE is a certified training partner of DHS/FEMA, and all NCBRT/ACE courses are offered at no cost to state, local, tribal, and territorial responders throughout the country.
LSU NCBRT/ACE Delivers Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks Training to Tennessee Homeland Security District
LSU NCBRT/ACE delivered the Critical Decision Making for Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks (PER-335) training course to the Tennessee Homeland Security District 2 in February in Knoxville, TN.
LSU NCBRT Training Helps Rural Areas Prepare for and Respond to Potential Active Shooter Events
LSU’s National Center for Biomedical Research and Training/Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education (LSU NCBRT/ACE) is continuing its mission to bring lifesaving training to locations at no cost. This provides a valuable service to many communities, including those located in more remote regions. That service is a large part of why many choose LSU NCBRT training.
LSU NCBRT/ACE Brings Active Threat Training to San Diego Padres’ Petco Park
At the end of January, subject matter experts and staff from LSU’s National Center for Biomedical Research and Training/Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education (NCBRT/ACE) travelled to California to deliver a number of its emergency response training to San Diego Padres security staff and other emergency responders.
LSU NCBRT/ACE Conducts Active Threat Table-Top Exercise for Morgan State University
On February 6-7, LSU NCBRT/ACE travelled to Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD, to conduct a table-top exercise for the university’s safety personnel, administrators, campus departments and president. This training is part of ongoing training collaboration between LSU NCBRT/ACE and federal partners to secure and prepare the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art to Host Training to Increase Awareness and Prepare for Potential Active Threats
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY is hosting an emergency response training course on December 20, 2023. This course, Surviving an Active Threat: Run. Hide. Fight. (PER-375), addresses the Run. Hide. Fight. response paradigm and guides non-traditional first responders in the various ways these methods can be employed.
LSU NCBRT/ACE Launches New Course on De-Escalation Techniques and Professional Policing
LSU NCBRT/ACE has recently launched a new course, PER-405: De-Escalation Strategies and Professional Policing, that provides officers with the best strategies to safely avoid escalating encounters between police and the public.
NDPC Reflects on Past Accomplishments and Looks Toward the Future
Over the past three years, the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium has strived to deliver flexible and timely training. The NDPC is a seven-member partnership of nationally recognized organizations that enhances the preparedness of federal, state, local, territorial and tribal emergency responders; develops, delivers, and assesses response plans; and provides training, technical assistance, and exercises.