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.
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.
48 new U.S., Canadian firefighters graduate from TEEX Firefighter Academy
Forty-eight new firefighters graduated from the 20th Online Firefighter Recruit Academy after 335 hours of online training and a 21-day firefighting boot camp at Brayton Fire Training Field.
23 new peace officers graduate from Central Texas Police Academy
Twenty-three new peace officers graduated from the Central Texas Police Academy, after 18 weeks of comprehensive classroom and hands-on training conducted by TEEX at the RELLIS Campus in Bryan.
Texas A&M Task Force 1 deploys to California to aid in Camp Fire Search
Texas A&M Task Force 1 has deployed a 6 team members and two canines to assist in the continuing search of occupied areas that were devastated by the Camp Fire in California.
David Coatney Named Director of the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
David Coatney was named Agency Director of the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) by the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents, and will assume his position on Jan. 1, 2019.
New Disaster Recovery Awareness Course Available Online at No Cost
TEEX has rolled out a free online course, Disaster Recovery Awareness, to help communities navigate the disaster recovery process. The course is designed to introduce the key elements involved in disaster recovery, from developing a recovery plan to finding disaster assistance resources.