Census 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 Training Institute (ITSI) at…
Dr. 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. The article, “Responsible Robotics Innovation for Disaster Response,” analyzes 36…
COLLEGE 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 Emergencies for Municipal-Based Responders (IEMBR) program. At the same time, LyondellBasell also unveiled…
MEDIA 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, [email protected] Tel. 979-320-6069 BRYAN, TEXAS – Fifteen new linemen are graduating at 10 a.m. on Sep. 23 from the TEEX Lineman Academy, which prepares students for a career in…
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.
