The 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 created over a decade ago to provide resources in assisting…
Date: 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 from throughout the state have learned and honed skills needed to fight…
Texas 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, TEEX and representatives from ESGR will host…
MEDIA 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: [email protected] COLLEGE STATION, TX – The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) Annual Municipal Fire school has been happening for 92 years. Ninety-two years of training firefighters across the state on the largest…
COLLEGE 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 the debris, but a carefully orchestrated plan learned after…
COLLEGE 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 duty for the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Leadership Training Course.
COLLEGE 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 Rescue Program Training Specialist Jason Harris and Recruit Academy Agency Instructor Justin Fryer on the…
COLLEGE 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. Billy’s contributions have made TX-TF1 a gold…
COLLEGE 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 participants and will bring in new customers who have gone to other…
COLLEGE 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 constructed inside a hangar will help train participants in…
