US&R

TEEX-Led Operational Readiness Exercises Simulate a Multi-State Hurricane Event

FEMA urban search and rescue teams test their readiness to manage a large-scale disaster   About 650 members of Texas A&M Task Forces 1, 2 and 3, and urban search and rescue (US&R) teams from Tennessee, Utah and Florida participated in two Operational Readiness Exercises (OREs) to prepare them to manage large-scale disasters affecting multiple…

TX-TF1 First in the Nation to Receive a Perfect Score on FEMA’s Administration Readiness Evaluation

Texas A&M Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) received a perfect score of 100 on its 2023 Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) Task Force Administration Readiness Evaluation (ARE) that was recently completed. This marks the first time that any of FEMA’s 28 Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) teams has earned a perfect score since the agency began…