Supervisors from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) recently attended the pilot of a new, two-day Principles of Leadership course, which was developed jointly by the TABC and TEEX.
The American Council on Education (ACE) has recommended college credit for 30 TEEX courses, including 19 forensic science courses, 10 cybersecurity courses and a Disaster Management course.
An innovative training program developed by TEEX and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has brought nearly 50 employees from California to an explosives range at the RELLIS Campus in Bryan.
The 53 graduates of the 158th Firefighter Recruit Academy completed 12 weeks of classroom and hands-on training at the Brayton Fire Training Field. The new firefighters came from Texas, California, Arizona, Canada, Japan and Mexico,
Some high school students in the Spring Independent School District are taking TEEX online cybersecurity courses, which are recommended for college credit through the American Council on Education (ACE).
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.
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.
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).
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.
The National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, or NDPC, recently celebrated its 20th year of making a substantial impact on the nations 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.
