COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – From June 14 to 16 this year, Texas A&M Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) partnered with the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Military …
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Emergency response professionals train at Texas A&M University football field, gaining real-world experience with rope rescues
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – Kyle Field is a place typically reserved for Texas A&M University football and large game-day crowds, but on Wednesday and Thursday, May …
Fired UP: Over 3,000 firefighters battle blazes, blistering heat at Texas Fire Training Schools
COLLEGE STATION – More than 3,300 firefighters battled blazes and a blistering Texas summer to spend a week at the Brayton Fire Training Field, where responders from across …
TEEX assists Atlanta with Super Bowl security preparations by training 1,200 responders
COLLEGE STATION – 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 …
New Report Details National Domestic Preparedness Consortium’s Impact on U.S.
BATON ROUGE — Fiscal year 2018 marked the 20th year since the establishment of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, or NDPC, which has made a substantial impact on the nation’s preparedness. Since 1998, NDPC training has benefited more than …
Tate receives award for contributions to the nation’s emergency preparedness
COLLEGE STATION — Rebecca Tate with the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) received the prestigious Regents Fellow Service Award, and was honored at a banquet on Jan. 16. The award is the highest honor given by The Texas A&M University …
Over 1,000 attend 2019 Leadership Development Symposium
FRISCO, TX — The 11th annual TEEX Leadership Development Symposium in Frisco, TX, broke previous attendance records with 1,043 emergency responders from across Texas, as well as 18 other states and Canada. The event, held Jan. 7-9, is designed to …
Texas A&M Task Force 1 has busiest year ever in 2018
COLLEGE STATION -Though hurricane season officially ended Nov. 30, Texas A&M Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) never rests. The team experienced its busiest year ever in 2018, and it is gearing up for what could potentially be another year of significant …
TEEX honors employees at Annual Awards Ceremony
COLLEGE STATION – Five employees received the 2018 Distinguished Service Award from the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) during an awards …
48 new U.S., Canadian firefighters graduate from TEEX Firefighter Academy
COLLEGE STATION — Forty-eight new firefighters graduated Dec. 17 from the 20th Online Firefighter Recruit Academy at the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX). They completed 335 hours of training online before traveling to College Station for an intensive 21-day, …