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April 17, 2024
Each year, hundreds of millions of individuals lose their personally identifiable information due to cyberattacks on organizations large and small, both public and private. The recent data leak reported by AT&T affecting 73 million of its customers, including individuals and organizations, under...
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April 2, 2024
TEEX provides training to RGV residents, preparing them for careers in the area BROWNSVILLE –Governor Greg Abbott today joined leaders from the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) and The Texas A&M University System at a groundbreaking ceremony for a new 30,000-square-foot South Texas Workforce Development ...
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March 21, 2024
The Texas A&M Public Works Response Team (TX-PWRT) was called to Cumby, a small community in Hopkins County northeast of Dallas, during the hard freeze in mid-January to help repair four water main breaks, which shut down the city’s water system for three days. Today, staff from the TEEX Extensi...
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February 28, 2024
The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) held its inaugural Cyber Readiness Summit in San Marcos, Texas, February 13-15, 2024. The summit provided engaging talks, interactive sessions and a tabletop exercise to teach participants how to protect, detect and recover from the evolving lan...
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February 20, 2024
The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service’s (TEEX) Testing and Innovation Center recently published a TEEX-Tested® Report about the Squishy Robotics System. TEEX-Tested® reports provide emergency response personnel and acquisition decision-makers with unbiased information about the product’s p...
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February 16, 2024
More than half a million dollars in hazmat grants will go to train responders around the U.S. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – For the eighth consecutive year, the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) was awarded a Hazardous Materials Instructor Training (HMIT) Grant of $376,961 funded b...
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February 12, 2024
As a thought leader in public safety training, The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) has published a stakeholders’ report and informational website and developed no-cost training for first responders to identify the issues, challenges and current practices in preventing, preparing f...
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January 25, 2024
Texas A&M Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) received a perfect score of 100 on its 2023 Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) Task Force Administration Readiness Evaluation (ARE) that was recently completed. This marks the first time that any of FEMA’s 28 Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) teams h...
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January 12, 2024
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS – The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) Leadership Development Symposium returned to San Marcos, Texas, January 8-10, 2024. The annual symposium, which celebrated its 16th year, enhances the leadership skills of the emergency response community and offers a robust ...
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January 11, 2024
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS – On Sunday evening, January 7, two individuals were inducted into the Texas Fire Service Hall of Honor for their career-long commitment to the Texas Fire Service. This Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes current or former firefighters or emergency service personnel who have made...
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December 14, 2023
Ronnie Taylor, program director for Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service’s (TEEX) Community Response and Resilience Program, was a recipient of this year’s Texas A&M University System Regents Fellow Service Award. The award is the highest honor given by the A&M System, and it was esta...
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December 4, 2023
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – In its 25th anniversary year, the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) National Emergency Response and Recovery Training Center (NERRTC) has reached a significant milestone – more than one million participants have been trained in homeland security preparedness...
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November 29, 2023
Participants Learn to Prepare and Protect Organizations and Individuals from Cyber Attacks COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – With the growing frequency, sophistication and magnitude of cyber attacks around the world, the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) has established a new cybersecu...
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November 3, 2023
More than 300 Florida Search and Rescue Professionals Trained to Rapidly Deploy The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) conducted an Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Operational Readiness Exercise in August for Florida’s statewide USAR teams to perform a real-world exercise with no adva...
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October 26, 2023
Early numbers show violent crime down 24%, and police calls down 26.8% on impacted properties. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – In the United States, October is National Crime Prevention Month. But all year long, Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) trains cities to prevent crimes ...
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October 10, 2023
Leadership development event offers networking opportunities and education for emergency response professionals around Texas. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) has announced that registration is open for the 2024 Leadership Development Symposium. The event w...
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October 4, 2023
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – In May of 2022, the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) hired Alisa McDonald to serve as Wellness and Resiliency Program director. TEEX trains law enforcement personnel, firefighters, paramedics and search and rescue experts around the world, emphasizing...
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August 29, 2023
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – At first glance, it looks like a toy or a classroom model of a chemical element. However, this colorful little device holds much more than that inside. It is actually a high-tech device made by Squishy Robotics, and its sensors can detect dangerous gases and send repor...
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August 17, 2023
CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA – Each year, emergency response professionals from all over Latin America attend the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service’s (TEEX) Spanish Fire School to participate in Spanish language fire and emergency courses. From August 6 to 10 of this year, TEEX hosted its 57th annu...
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July 28, 2023
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – Firefighters and emergency service personnel from across the state and the nation came to College Station to attend Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service’s (TEEX) Texas Annual Fire Training Schools. From July 16 to 21, Industrial Fire School attracted professionals fro...
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July 19, 2023
Recently, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the Texas CHIPS Act, a piece of legislation that will encourage semiconductor-related companies to expand in Texas, maintaining the state’s position as the nation’s leader in semiconductor manufacturing. Semiconductors, or microchips, are an essential comp...
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July 10, 2023
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – On Thursday, July 6, more than 300 people came to Brayton Fire Training Field in College Station as Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) celebrated the grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony of the new Les W. Bunte Jr. Administration and Classroom Complex. T...
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June 22, 2023
AUSTIN– The Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR), in partnership with Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX), today launched a free online course to equip Texas law enforcement with the knowledge necessary to recognize and respond to cybercrimes that they may be called u...
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June 1, 2023
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – When friends invited Gigi Kenna to attend a course called “When Disaster Strikes: Prepare, Act, Survive,” she didn’t know what to expect. However, since hurricanes, floods and other disasters regularly impact her coastal city of Calabash, North Carolina, she figured it...
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May 24, 2023
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – In March, the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) launched a new podcast, Response Leadership. Episodes will feature conversations with nationwide thought leaders in cybersecurity, fire, emergency services, infrastructure, safety and law enforcement. In these ...
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May 22, 2023
On April 28, the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) hosted an event at the H.B. Zachry Training Center in San Antonio to honor workers killed or injured in the past year. Since 1989, April 28 has been recognized as International Workers’ Memorial Day, a day to honor those killed, dis...
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May 17, 2023
COLLEGE STATION – The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) has opened registration for the TEEX Cyber Readiness Summit, which will take place from February 13 to 15 of 2024, at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Convention Center in San Marcos. At the summit, attendees will learn strategies ...
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March 30, 2023
Larkin Bohn’s journey to becoming a sailor and science communicator began 12 years ago when she was living in Chicago and looking for a cruise to escape the winter weather. On the cruise line’s website, she saw a flashing “Now Hiring!” banner, and on a whim, she went to an open house. Before she kne...
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March 27, 2023
In 2022, Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) hired three new “cyber gurus” to deliver cybersecurity courses. Connar Moore, Rayza Collazo and Tierra Smith make up TEEX’s new cyber instruction team that travels around the U.S. and its territories to provide no-cost cou...
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March 1, 2023
Although many know Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) as a provider of emergency response training and technical assistance, TEEX also offers unique product testing capabilities through the TEEX Testing and Innovation Center (TT&IC). The TT&IC leverages the knowledge, experie...
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January 11, 2023
FRISCO, TEXAS – On Monday, January 9, four individuals were inducted into the new Texas Fire Service Hall of Honor for their career-long commitments to the Texas Fire Service. These individuals were the first recipients of the Texas Fire Service Hall of Honor Lifetime Achievement Award, which recogn...
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November 23, 2022
In March of 2023, FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) will host its 8th Annual Tribal Nations Training Week. Responders from Tribal Nations all over the United States attend the training in Anniston, Alabama, coming from places as far as New York, Minnesota, and Alaska. In a typical year, ...
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November 2, 2022
“World-renowned training in her backyard” is how Shannon Mauras describes Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service fire and emergency training in just a few words. Initially a school teacher, Mauras felt a calling to become a first responder. In 2020, she joined the Brazos County Prec...
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October 19, 2022
Fires involving propane seem like they might be severe incidents. But when first responders have trained alongside propane industry members, they can mitigate that response much more easily. That is why the Propane Council of Texas (ProCOT) and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) ...
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September 6, 2022
The Denver Zoo attracts more than 2 million visitors each year, and with all of these crowds, they must have a clear plan in case of an attack or disaster. This summer, the zoo invited Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service’s (TEEX) National Emergency Response and Recovery Center (NERRTC) to pr...
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August 31, 2022
COVID-19 has been associated with another unlikely consequence – a rise in motor vehicle crashes. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that prior to 2019, “the number of fatalities had fallen for three straight years.” However, during the pandemic, traffic deaths surged...
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August 4, 2022
After a two-year hiatus, the 26th Annual Texas Lineman’s Rodeo (TLR) returned July 14-17 in Seguin, Texas. The Texas Lineman’s Rodeo Association (TLRA) is a non-profit organization that provides educational and electrical safety activities and helps foster long-term relationships between electric ut...
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August 1, 2022
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – For the past two weeks, firefighters and emergency service personnel from across the state and the nation came to College Station to attend Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service’s (TEEX) Texas Annual Fire Training Schools. Industrial Fire School, from July 17 to 22, at...
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July 1, 2022
SAN ANGELO, TEXAS – From June 20 to 24, Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) hosted the Infrastructure and Safety Summit at Howard College in San Angelo, Texas. The annual summit offers low-cost training courses in disciplines like Water and Wastewater, Environmental Health and Safety,...
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June 29, 2022
On June 27 and 28, Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) and Texas A&M University co-hosted the National Talent Ecosystem Council (NTEC) inaugural meeting and first annual symposium. NTEC was formed as part of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Convergence Accelerator Program. ...
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June 20, 2022
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – From June 14 to 16 this year, Texas A&M Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) partnered with the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Military Department to host a large-scale helicopter Search and Rescue exercise. More than 18 state and federal agencies from around Texas and...
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May 20, 2022
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS – After a one-year hiatus, Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service’s (TEEX) Leadership Development Symposium returned to San Marcos, Texas, from May 17-19, 2022. The annual symposium, celebrating its 13th year, offers an unmatched opportunity for education and leadership develo...
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May 6, 2022
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – Kyle Field is a place typically reserved for Texas A&M University football and large game-day crowds, but on Wednesday and Thursday, May 4 and 5, first responders used the facilities for emergency response training that will benefit communities. Professionals from Texas ...
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May 4, 2022
En español In 2004, teams of first responders from the United Kingdom came to Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) to train in Urban Search and Rescue, including training on breaching, shoring and structural collapse. When the 7/7 terror attack hit London’s subway system with a s...
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March 31, 2022
Anyone who meets Lisa Mutchler can see that she is a force to be reckoned with. Not only is she a dynamic and energetic businesswoman, but she also exudes humility and kindness. Mutchler has worked in state government for more than 31 years, 16 of those at Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service...
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March 8, 2022
Rebecca Wendt knew she was interested in a career in law enforcement when she started working as a minor buying alcohol for the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission at just 16 years old. When she turned 18, she became a camera operator for these operations until she went off to college. But Wendt was...
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February 22, 2022
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – On Monday, February 21, the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) held a groundbreaking ceremony, launching the construction of a new classroom and administrative building at the Brayton Fire Training Field in College Station. The 38,692 square foot buildi...
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February 8, 2022
When you hear about firefighter training, you might think that between the water, smoke and foam runoff, it would negatively impact the environment. But at TEEX’s Brayton Fire Training Field, the largest firefighter training field in the United States, they have environmental responsibility down to ...
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January 11, 2022
The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) has recently partnered with Dr. Randy Atlas, America’s only architect and criminologist, to deliver a new course, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED). CPTED teaches participants to assess the safety of&...
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December 7, 2021
On the evening of March 27, 2021, an elderly resident walked away from a senior living facility in Hanover Township, Pennsylvania. Peter Garland, Deputy Fire Chief of the Hanover Township Volunteer Fire Company, was assigned Search Team Manager, and local police and fire departments prepared to get ...
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To know more about the activities and initiatives at TEEX, please contact:
Vita Vaughn | Director of Marketing and Communications/CMO
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Office: (979) 458-7726 | Cell: (979) 402-7810