LSU NCBRT/ACE recently hosted its first virtual delivery of the Spanish-language version of the Site Protection Through Observational Techniques – Customized (SPOT-C) class for Puerto Rico. Forty-four participants attended the training via Zoom. Providing Spanish translation and interpretation of classes is part of LSU NCBRT/ACE’s commitment to providing training to participants who have been previously …
BATON ROUGE — As summer ends and Louisiana schools prepare to return to campus, LSU’s National Center for Biomedical Research and Training/Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education (NCBRT/ACE) has been lending its expertise in campus safety preparedness and response to primary, secondary, and higher education institutions.
During the last week of July, LSU NCBRT/ACE conducted four deliveries …
On June 22 2022, Oklahoma governor Kevin Stitt issued an executive order aimed at increasing safety in schools. The order, Mission: Secure Oklahoma Schools, came in the wake of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and requires that troopers in the state’s Department of Public Safety must complete certified active shooter emergency response training by …
In February, subject matter experts from Louisiana State University’s National Center for Biomedical Research and Training/Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education (LSU NCBRT/ACE) delivered emergency preparedness presentations on a wide variety of manmade and natural threats for the school system of the United States Virgin Islands, or USVI, to the schools’ safety and security monitors.
LSU NCBRT/ACE …
The National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC) enhances the preparedness of state, local, territorial and tribal emergency responders to reduce the nation’s vulnerability to incidents involving weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, natural disasters, and other all-hazard, high-consequence events. The NDPC develops, delivers, and assesses response plans and provides training, technical assistance and exercises.
Since its inception …
In today’s environment of ever-increasing security concerns, the need for highly specialized training continues to drive LSU NCBRT/ACE’s commitment to deliver advanced national standards of training to state, local, tribal and territorial jurisdictions. Global events require changes in traditional delivery methods. The agency has been able to meet those challenges by adapting numerous courses to …
As Super Bowl LVI approaches, law enforcement officers and emergency responders at the state, local, and federal levels are preparing to ensure that the big game is safe and secure for the thousands of spectators, athletes, and team staff who are flocking to California. The National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC) is doing its part to …
LSU’s National Center for Biomedical Research and Training/Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education (LSU NCBRT/ACE) serves the national and international emergency response communities, in both the public and private sector. In order to further expand our expert level training and materials to reach as many emergency responders as possible, some in-demand LSU NCBRT/ACE courses will now be …
The LSU National Center for Biomedical Research and Training/Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education (LSU NCBRT/ACE) has received a one-year, $99,985 cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Institute of Corrections.
The award will allow LSU NCBRT/ACE to work in tandem with federal partners to convert the NIC’s current Learning Professional curriculum to …
Two member organizations of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium are featured in the summer issue of the Training Partners Program’s TPP Times.
LSU’s National Center for Biomedical Research and Training/Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education (NCBRT/ACE) and University of Hawaii’s National Disaster Preparedness Training Center (NDPTC) both contributed articles on their training efforts.
LSU NCBRT/ACE’s article highlights …