Pennwell Publishing called on TEEX to develop web-based courses for its WaterWorld Continuing Education website, which are now available to water and wastewater professionals nationwide.
TEEX initiates a specialty program to a select group of soldiers already trained in basic Dentistry and hold the EMT-Basic certification to prepare for the EMT-Paramedic level exam. These civil affairs soldiers are trained for the possibility that they may be functioning as the health care system where they are stationed.
Construction has begun on the $2.2 million Wiatt Physical Skills Training Complex at the Texas A&M Riverside Campus in Bryan. The Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) training facility will bear the name of the late Robert “Bob” Wiatt, an FBI agent and former Texas A&M University Chief of Police.
The Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) held its first-ever NFPA 1006 Wilderness Search and Rescue certification course this month at the Brayton Fire Training Field, challenging participants through a combination of classroom sessions and extensive, outdoor hands-on experiences.
The API Storage Tank Fires project #45 at Brayton Fire Training Field has been upgraded to enhance the training for firefighters who respond to incidents involving fires at flammable liquid storage facilities.
TEEX’s National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center (NERRTC) is expected to receive as much as $22 million through the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2012, which was passed by both houses of Congress and signed by the President.
TEEX and The Texas A&M University System Office of Safety have teamed up to prepare A&M System universities for emergencies. TEEX has developed and delivered tabletop exercises that present a potential threat or incident scenario. The exercises allow university administration and emergency personnel to work through their response plan to keep students and employees safe.
The Republic of Colombia is interested in a technology developed by Texas A&M Engineering that could clean contaminated water recovered from drilling and production operations. Colombian officials are also interested in training provided by the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) for the technicians, inspectors and engineers that would use the technology.
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