Law Enforcement & Security

"We looked at several training facilities worldwide specializing in search and rescue, but none compared to what we found at Disaster City®. "

Dave 
U.K. Civil Resilience Directorate, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

"I have been in the fire service for 15-plus years, and I must say this was one of the BEST courses I have taken!"

Shaun 
North Adams Fire Department, North Adams, MA

"I am grateful for the opportunity TEEX gave me to fast track through a paramedic program...TEEX has an extremely demanding curriculum but it is possible to make it through as long as you're willing and able to have the self-discipline to study every day."

Andy 
MetroWest Ambulance, Hillsboro, OR

"We use TEEX to train our fire brigades, our hazardous materials teams, our rescue team and members of our Emergency Operations Center...Our TEEX training is the primary reason we have one of the finest teams in the area."

Donald 
Principal Safety Specialist, LyondellBasell

"The course was outstanding.  I went from basic knowledge on fires to being able to capture flaming valves and flanges, extinguish open hydrocarbon fires and conduct search and rescue in a short five days....This is a highly professional course."

Dave 
Client, BP Atlantis

"I took the first offering of PER-233/MGT-348 here in Boston and then coordinated the course you delivered in New Bedford this year. I then found myself as the EMS Safety Officer for the Boston Marathon, 500 feet from the finish line when quite suddenly everything changed here in Boston. I want you to know that the principles I learned from your course were invaluable in helping me prepare for and then execute a response to this incident. What Boston EMS is being touted for is treating and transporting so many victims, so quickly. A fact everyone is overlooking however, is that day we went home with the same number of responders we started out with. I thank you again for an excellent presentation."

Lieutenant Brian 
Senior Program Manager for Response Training, Boston Public Health Commission, Boston Emergency Medical Services

"I wanted to extend my thanks to you and all of the instructors at TEEX.  I attended the Enhanced Incident Management Unified Command class back in March and put that training to use last week.  As you know, the State of Alabama was hit hard by an outbreak of tornadoes last week. This event struck my city (Birmingham) as well.  I was working that day and the storm touched down within my battalion.  One of my stations received heavy damage and the community (Pratt City) around it was destroyed.
I arrived on scene within minutes of the storm and began putting together a plan. One of my first thoughts was to start developing smart objectives; conduct search and rescue operations, care for the injured (medical operations branch) and establish a perimeter.  I was able to meet with the ranking police officer onscene and began the process of establishing a unified command. Robert Miller, who was also in the class, was onscene as my Operations Section Chief and we made sure we had resources assigned to each objective. The first operational period was 12 hours.  Miller and myself began the planning process through the night by developing an action plan for the next operational period which began at 0600. The event started with two commands in two areas of the community. By 2300 hours I was able to get the whole event under one IC and established divisions and branches. I had contact with our EOC and put together a resource list and the next morning had the operational briefing and transfer of command. The training I received at TEEX was a big help and I want to thank all of the instructors for their time. Once again thank you for the training."

Floyd E. (Buddy) 
Battalion Chief – Battalion, Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service

"Since September of 2008, Galveston was landfall for Hurricane Rita and Hurricane Ike. We participated in the Wildfires of 2011 in Possum Kingdom, Bastrop, Tri-Counties, and Lindale, Texas. All were Disaster Declarations that included National IMT's, and response units. The Hurricanes opened our eyes to the contemporary and practical unified command structure, and we need to get involved. The Wildfires identified that UC is bigger than just Hurricanes and we needed an All-Hazards approach to EIMUC. If we had prepared our staff with this course prior to September 2008, I honestly feel that we could have streamlined our actions and properly assessed our disaster situation both pre- and post-landfall, which would have served our community at the highest level. Disaster reimbursement relies on documentation, and this course demonstrates and reinforces the best practice of documentation of the event. If we all practice what was taught in this class, we will have a foundation for success. If someone says that this course doesn't apply to them, then they are saying that their community is 100% prepared for any/every hazard that comes their way. Let me know where they are so I can retire there!"

Jeffrey 
Fire Chief, Galveston, TX

"I found the speakers to be not only interesting and informative but entertaining as well."

Capt. Vincent G. 
Participant,