Latest Press Releases
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Texas communities benefit from knowledge gained by first responders at TEEX Annual Leadership Development Symposium
May 20, 2022SAN 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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Emergency response professionals train at Texas A&M University football field, gaining real-world experience with rope rescues
May 6, 2022COLLEGE 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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TEEX International Program Makes a Difference Training Fire and Emergency Services Professionals Worldwide
May 4, 2022En 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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TEEX Promotes Initiatives to Support Employees’ Diverse Needs
April 6, 2022With the recent hiring of a Chief Diversity Officer and increased efforts in Respect, Equity and Inclusion, TEEX has been working to broaden candidate pools when recruiting and hiring employees. For current employees, TEEX has other initiatives and benefits that provide professional, physical, menta...
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Forging Relationships to Build Stronger Communities and Inspire Women in Business
March 31, 2022Anyone 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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Former TEEX Student Excels as Nationally Ranked Crime Scene Investigator
March 8, 2022Rebecca 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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TEEX Breaks Ground on New Administration Building at Brayton Fire Training Field
February 22, 2022COLLEGE 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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A Delicate Balancing Act: Environmental Responsibility in Firefighter Training
February 8, 2022When 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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TEEX Creates New Chief Diversity Officer Role
February 2, 2022On February first, a groundbreaking change happened at the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX), as Christina Foley, Associate Division Director of Fire and Emergency Services, became the first person to fill the role of Chief Diversity Officer at TEEX. Foley has been a champion of T...
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Changing the Crime Timeline through Environmental Design
January 11, 2022The 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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Missing Person Found Using TEEX Training Techniques
December 7, 2021On 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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Tejeda Center Brings Clean Drinking Water to Border Region
November 30, 2021“Ever since I was a kid, I thought, ‘What can I do to help the border region where I grew up?’” Although he didn’t know exactly how he would do this, José Garza always knew he wanted to work to improve the environment along the Texas-Mexico border. For the past 20 years, he has done […]...
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Building Crime Scene Investigators One College Student at a Time
November 10, 2021In a lab full of thousands of dollars of scientific equipment, Christine Ramirez shows her fingerprint processing class a makeshift fuming chamber she constructed from an old aquarium, a Mr. Coffee mug warmer, a foil baking tin, and a grate from a grill. Ramirez cobbled together these items to creat...
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‘Perfect Storm’ at Disaster City® Brings TEEX Courses Together for Advanced Exercises
November 2, 2021As the sun went down on the evening of October 21, groups of emergency responders worked to rescue survivors as part of a training exercise at Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service’s (TEEX) Disaster City® in College Station, Texas. Typically, these training exercises are standalone operations ...
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First Responders Vie for Positions on Prestigious TX-TF1 Helicopter Rescue team
October 26, 2021Like many children, when Hayden Baligad was young, he aspired to be like his father. But unlike many fathers, Hayden’s worked as a Helicopter Search and Rescue Technician (HSART) for Texas A&M Task Force 1 (TX-TF1). Now, at 26 years of age, Hayden is ready to follow in his father’s footsteps. On...
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TEEX Cyber Readiness Center Unveils Cyber Training and Exercise Range
October 20, 2021In March of this year, a bad actor hacked into a Florida water treatment plant’s network, took control of a computer and added chemicals to the city’s water. Fortunately, the hacker exited the system before any severe harm occurred. Nonetheless, this cyber event alerted officials to the danger hac...
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TEEX Water & Wastewater Training Coordinator Steve Ash Collaborates as Subject Matter Expert in Opflow Magazine Articles
October 19, 2021TEEX Water & Wastewater Training Coordinator Steve Ash contributed his subject matter expertise to a series of articles written in American Water Works Association’s magazine Opflow. A team of industry professionals are collaborating to help readers better understand the chemistry involved in w...
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TEEX Renews Water Training in Spanish
October 12, 2021Census data from the past few years indicates that of the 29 million people in Texas, around 7 million speak Spanish at home. Since almost 30% of Texans speak Spanish as a first language, there is a high need for vocational training in Spanish. To satisfy this need, the Infrastructure Safety Trainin...
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Jason Moats and Robin Murphy Article Wins International Conference Award
October 7, 2021Dr. Jason Moats, Director of the TEEX Testing and Innovation Center (TT&IC), won Honorable Mention for Best Paper in Ethical Robotics Systems at the 2021 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) for a co-authored piece with Dr. Robin Murphy of Texas A&M University. T...
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TEEX First Responders Honored by LyondellBasell
September 28, 2021COLLEGE STATION, TX – On September 8, LyondellBasell honored TEEX with a $100,000 donation to provide training for firefighters located near LyondellBasell facilities in the Houston area. The donation will cover 1,100 hours of specialized industrial firefighter training, such as the Industrial...
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Media Opportunity – TEEX Lineman Academy Graduation
September 21, 2021MEDIA OPPORTUNITY What: TEEX Lineman Academy Graduation When: 10 a.m. on Thursday, Sep. 23 Where: CIR Building, RELLIS Campus, Bryan, Texas Contact: Casey Ellis, Marketing Manager, Casey.Ellis@teex.tamu.edu Tel. 979-320-6069 BRYAN, TEXAS – Fifteen new linemen are graduating at 10 a.m. on Sep. ...
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TEEX Becomes Sponsoring Agency for the state’s Public Works Response Team (TX-PWRT)
September 1, 2021The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) and the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) announced today that TEEX will become the sponsoring agency for the state’s Public Works Response Team (PWRT). The response team, now dubbed the Texas A&M Public Works Response Team, was ...
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The Eagle: TEEX Municipal Fire School returned and hosted annual demo night
August 4, 2021Date: July 29, 2021 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – Guests at the annual Public Firefighting Demonstration Night watched Wednesday as instructors at the 92nd annual Municipal Fire Training School attacked staged fires throughout the TEEX Brayton Fire Training Field. For the last week, firefighters fr...
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TEEX Receives 2021 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award
July 22, 2021Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) is honored to be one of the 15 recipients of the 2021 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. This award is the highest U.S. government honor to employers for support of Guard and Reserve (ESGR) employees. On Monday, August 23, 2021, TE...
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Largest Live-Burn Fire Props at TEEX Brayton Fire Field Helps Train Firefighters
July 16, 2021MEDIA ADVISORY: Live Firefighting Opportunity Industrial Fire School – Wednesday, July 21, 8:00am-12:00noon Municipal Fire School – Wednesday, July 28, 8:00am-3:00pm Contact: Kathy Fraser media@teex.tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION, TX – The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Servic...
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New York Times: In Disaster City, Texas, Rescues Are a Way of Life
July 7, 2021COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — Moments after a high-rise condominium building in Surfside, Fla., was nearly leveled in a devastating collapse late last month, emergency workers began sifting through concrete and twisted metal for any sign of survivors. Their urgent mission was not a haphazard scouring of ...
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TEEX Testing and Innovation Center, Ryan Mills Graduates with Honors during Army Reserve Duty Training
July 5, 2021COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – TEEX Testing and Innovations Center (TT&IC) Senior Project Specialist Ryan Mills graduated Thursday, May 27, 2021, from the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center with honors and made the Commandants List. Since mid-April, Ryan has been deployed on Army Reserve dut...
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Firefighting Considerations for Electric Vehicle Fires – Podcast with Jason Loyd, Justin Fryer and Jason Harris
June 14, 2021COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service’s (TEEX) Emergency Service Training Institute (ESTI) released a new episode on their Emergency Management Podcast about Firefighting Considerations for Electric Vehicle Fires. In this episode, host Jason Loyd chats with TEEX Rescu...
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Former Chief and Director of TX-TF1 Billy Parker receives The Higgins and Langley Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award
June 11, 2021COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – On June 6 in South Bend, IN, founding member and former Chief of Texas A&M Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) Billy Parker received The Higgins and Langley Lifetime Achievement Award for his years of service and dedication to the development and leadership of the organization. ...
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ESTI Receives New Pressurized Tank-Car to Add to Hazmat Train Derailment Prop
June 11, 2021COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – Texas Engineering and Extension Service (TEEX) Emergency Services Training Institute (ESTI) recently received a donation of a new pressurized rail car to add to the Hazmat Train Derailment prop. This addition opens the door for more specialized training for participant...
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Indoor Cell Tower on TAMUS RELLIS Campus built to train Veterans
June 3, 2021COLLEGE STATION, TX – The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 3, 2021, at the RELLIS Campus for the new indoor Monopole Cell Tower Prop donated by Warriors 4 Wireless, T-Mobile, US Tower, Teltech, and Wireless Horizon. The tower prop cons...
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First Class of TEEX Collegiate Technical Investigation Skills Program Graduates
December 17, 2020Four women graduated Dec. 10, 2020, from the Collegiate Technical Investigation Skills Program, offered by the Texas Forensic Science Academy and Blinn College....
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29 new peace officers graduate from Central Texas Police Academy
December 9, 2020COLLEGE STATION – Twenty-nine new peace officers graduated from the Central Texas Police Academy Basic Peace Officer Course on Dec. 4, after 18 weeks of comprehensive online and hands-on training conducted by the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX). Keynote speaker was Police Chief Bi...
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TEEX Cyber Readiness Center Will Work with IBM to Extend Capabilities
December 1, 2020The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) announced that it will incorporate several aspects of the IBM (NYSE: IBM) Security portfolio into its national cybersecurity training initiatives. TEEX focuses on providing cybersecurity training and technical assistance to public and private or...
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11 graduate from TEEX Lineman Academy at RELLIS Campus
June 24, 2020Eleven students graduated from the TEEX Lineman Academy after 15 weeks of classroom and field exercises....
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Helicopter search and rescue teams prepare for hurricanes, water rescues and coronavirus
June 11, 2020Aircrews and TX-TF1 rescue personnel conducted hoist rescue training, focusing on performing hoist operations while exercising COVID-19 precautions....
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TEEX Cancels July Annual Fire Schools
May 5, 2020The 2020 Industrial and Municipal Annual Fire Schools, which were scheduled for July, have been canceled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. ...
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Disaster Recovery 101: Training to Prepare for the New Normal after COVID-19
May 4, 2020To help communities navigate the rough terrain of the disaster recovery process, TEEX offers training in Disaster Recovery Awareness....
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TX-TF1 conducts searches after tornado struck Polk & San Jacinto counties
April 23, 2020COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) deployed a 35-member Type 3 Urban Search & Rescue team in response to severe weather that devastated communities in Polk and San Jacinto counties on the evening of April 22. The Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) called on the TX-T...
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TEEX steps up to distribute PPE and medical supplies
April 20, 2020COLLEGE STATION – The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) has deployed over 80 employees to support the state’s response to COVID-19, with a critical mission to help facilitate delivery of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to healthcare providers and first responders. Recognized for...
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TEENS: Get a jump start on a future career or earn college credit while at home
April 1, 2020TEEX is offering no-cost and low-cost online training for students at home during school closures....
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TEEX emphasizes safety and health while providing training in new, creative ways
March 24, 2020TEEX Director David Coatney discusses the agency's commitment to its students, customers and employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
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2020 Annual Spanish Fire School Canceled
March 19, 2020TEEX has canceled the Annual Spanish Fire School, which was scheduled for July 5 - 10, 2020, at Brayton Fire Training Field in College Station, Texas....
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Spring Fire School sparks 400 firefighters into action at Brayton Fire Field
March 4, 2020Nearly 400 firefighters get realistic training at the Brayton Fire Training Field during the 2020 Spring Fire School....
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Disaster City in Ruins: 200 responders search for ‘victims’ in rubble, collapsed structures and derailed train
February 26, 2020DISASTER CITY, COLLEGE STATION – Nearly 200 responders in hazmat gear climbed over concrete chunks and rebar, calling out and using listening devices to locate and rescue victims of a mock pipeline explosion. The full-scale Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE) on Feb. 22-24 drew responders from Texa...
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TEEX training will address Coronavirus threat
February 3, 2020COLLEGE STATION – The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) is augmenting its national training for healthcare personnel on infectious diseases to include the latest information on the coronavirus, which has spread from Wuhan, China, to the United States. According to news reports...
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Over 1,100 attend 2020 Leadership Development Symposium
January 31, 2020SAN MARCOS, TX – The 12th annual TEEX Leadership Development Symposium in San Marcos, TX, broke previous attendance records with 1,150 emergency responders from across Texas, as well as 24 other states and Canada. The event, held Jan. 20-22, provides leadership training for personnel in emergency se...
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Cyber Attacks: TEEX Training helping Brazos County prepare
January 14, 2020Cyber Attacks: ‘It’s not a question of if it will happen to us, but a matter of when’ ~Eric Caldwell, Brazos County CIO BRYAN, TX – You’ve seen the headlines – data breaches and ransomware attacks on cities, healthcare organizations, school districts and Fortune 500 companies. “The headl...
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Save A Life: TEEX offers class in the basics of bleeding control
January 7, 2020COLLEGE STATION – Do you know how to control bleeding if someone has a severe cut? You could save a life if you can control the bleeding, and a free two-hour class can teach you how. The new course, “Bleeding Control Basics,” teaches proper tourniquet use and pressure techniques to control ble...
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60 new firefighters from 5 states, 4 countries graduate from TEEX Firefighter Academy
January 2, 2020COLLEGE STATION – Sixty new firefighters graduated Dec. 19 from the 23rd Online Firefighter Recruit Academy at the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX). They completed 335 hours of training online before traveling to College Station for an intensive 21-day, hands-on firefighting “boot ...
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Vita Vaughn | Director of Marketing and Communications/CMO
media@teex.tamu.edu
Office: (979) 458-7726 | Cell: (979) 402-7810
