Training prepares SWAT teams for explosive building entry
Explosive breacher entry training prepares SWAT teams and military personnel to safely use explosives to gain entry to a building to rescue hostages or apprehend a barricaded suspect.
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Texas A&M Task Force 1 plans large-scale training exercise at Disaster City
Coming off its busiest year ever, Texas A&M Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) will hold a full-scale Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE) on Feb. 23-24 at Disaster City® in College Station to prepare and train for what could be another active response season.
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TEEX assists Atlanta with Super Bowl security preparations by training 1,200 responders
More than 1,200 emergency responders and officials in the Atlanta metropolitan area are better prepared to keep people safe during the upcoming Super Bowl LIII thanks, in part, to training they received from the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX).
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TX-TF1 training event draws 36 U.S. canine search teams to Disaster City
Thirty-six canine teams tackled the challenges at Disaster City® during the 15th annual FEMA Canine Search Specialist Training Weekend. Eleven US&R task forces were represented at the training event, which was sponsored by Texas A&M Task Force 1.
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New Report Details National Domestic Preparedness Consortium’s Impact on U.S.
The National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, or NDPC, recently celebrated its 20th year of making a substantial impact on the nationÂ’s preparedness. Since 1998, NDPC training has benefited more than 2.9 million participants in all 50 states and each U.S. territory. A new report details how NDPC training was used during an unprecedented number of natural disasters during FY2018.
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Tate receives award for contributions to the nation’s emergency preparedness
Rebecca Tate received the prestigious Regents Fellow Service Award from The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents. She was recognized for her efforts to enhance the nationÂ’s safety and security by ensuring first responders receive high-quality emergency preparedness training.
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Over 1,000 attend 2019 Leadership Development Symposium
The 11th annual TEEX Leadership Development Symposium in Frisco, TX, broke previous attendance records with 1,043 attendees from across Texas, as well as 18 other states and Canada.
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Texas A&M Task Force 1 has busiest year ever in 2018
TX-TF1 experienced its busiest year ever in 2018, and it is gearing up for what could potentially be another year of significant weather events. The team deployed 18 times last year, including 12 deployments in September and October. The team went on both state and federal deployments in response to severe weather, flash flooding, wild fires, and Hurricanes to include Michael, Florence and Olivia.
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TEEX honors employees at Annual Awards Ceremony
Seven employees were recognized at an annual awards ceremony held by the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service.
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Three Department of Defense technologies selected for transitioning to Response Community
The winning technologies in TEEX’s Defense to Response (D2R) Technology Showcase were Sonar EMILY by Hydronalix, Project Diligence by PhaseSpace and No-contact shield by Protect the Force. They will be transitioning from Defense to Response over the next nine months.