COLLEGE STATION – Fifty-two new firefighters graduated Nov. 22 from the 160th Recruit Firefighter Academy at the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX). The graduates, who came from Texas, Arkansas, Florida and Canada, completed 12 weeks of classroom and hands-on training at the Brayton ...
WACO, TX – Sixty-one economic development professionals from five states completed the Basic Economic Development Course in Waco, Texas, on Nov. 11-14, 2019. Participants learned about the concepts, tools and skills needed to be successful in economic development. The Texas Economic Development Coun...
BRYAN, TEXAS – Over the past 10 years, more than 26,000 law enforcement officers and crime scene personnel have enhanced their expertise in crime scene investigation, death investigation and evidence management, thanks to the Texas Forensic Science Academy at the Texas A&M Engineering Exte...
COLLEGE STATION – Thirty-five fire service leaders completed the Fire Service Chief Executive Officer (FSCEO) leadership certificate program, held Oct. 14 – 18, 2019, on the Texas A&M University campus. The professional development program is delivered by the Texas A&M Engineerin...
COLLEGE STATION – Companies can no longer take a laissez faire approach to cybersecurity. News reports of breaches and ransomware attacks at companies and government entities have moved the needle on cybersecurity, and businesses are seeking solutions. The Cyber Readiness Center was establishe...
COLLEGE STATION – Thirty-two new firefighters graduated Aug. 22 from the 22nd 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, hands-on firefighting “...
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – Leaders in law enforcement face an increasingly complex and challenging job as they work to build positive relationships and keep their communities safe. An agreement between two Texas training organizations will open up new opportunities for executives and administrators in...
COLLEGE STATION – The petrochemical industry is investing in a new approach to help protect their facilities and the citizens who live nearby. Several petrochemical companies are partnering with the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) to provide emergency response training...
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 the world come to gain hands-on experience through realistic, live-fire, rescue and hazmat scenarios on full-scale training pro...
BRYAN, TEXAS – Twelve military veterans have reached new heights in a career with upward mobility by training to become a Tower Technician. The veterans graduated July 20 from the Tower Technician course offered by the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) in conjunction with Warr...
The annual Texas Fire Schools, held every July, bring thousands of firefighters to the Bryan-College Station community and have $1.4 million in economic impact on the area....
Forty-eight new firefighters graduated from the 159th Firefighter Recruit Academy after completing 12 weeks of classroom and hands-on training at the Brayton Fire Training Field in College Station....
More than 330 people and 25 aircraft participated in the largest helicopter aviation search and rescue civilian-military training exercise in the U.S. in Galveston....
The Central Texas Police Academy held a graduation ceremony at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center for 20 new peace officers, who completed 18 weeks of comprehensive classroom and hands-on training....
Twelve inmates completed the 200-hour Facilities Maintenance Worker program offered by TEEX and Blinn College in collaboration with the Brazos County Sheriff's Office. Participants received two certificates at a graduation ceremony on May 23....
ExxonMobil Pipeline Company andTEEX announced the establishment of a new emergency response training course specifically designed to train firefighters on how to safely manage the challenges experienced during liquid pipeline and storage tank incidents....
Almost 500 Rio Grande Valley employees received low-cost training offered by TEEX during the annual Infrastructure & Safety Summit, held on the campus of the Texas State Technical College (TSTC) in Harlingen. TEEX offered 22 courses with free or deeply discounted registration fees, to entry-level an...
Thirty-four fire service leaders completed the 12th Fire Service Chief Executive Officer (FSCEO) leadership certificate program, conducted by TEEX in cooperation with the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University....
TEEX is offering its 5th Cyber Innovation Camp for students entering the 9th, 10th, 11th or 12th grade. Teens will learn programming, cybersecurity, electronics and sensors, engineering design, and more, and receive their own Raspberry Pi computer....
Fifty-four law enforcement officers, dispatchers and other police officials recently completed a three-day training program on Active Shooter Incident Management conducted by TEEX and Texas State University Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT)....
The Texas Division of Emergency Management has deployed Texas A&M Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) water rescue squads and Helicopter Search and Rescue Technicians along with TX-TF2 Urban Search and Rescue team to assist local jurisdictions impacted by the severe weather and flooding occurring across the state...
The Houston Independent School District has been preparing high school students for entry-level jobs in security services, corrections, law enforcement and forensics using online training provided by TEEX. Since 2009, more than 500 students enrolled in Career and Technical Education programs have pa...
Students enrolled in 'Fire Protection Engineering Concepts for Industrial Facilities' at Texas A&M University get a chance to be a firefighter for a day. The course is offered through the Mary Kay OConnor Process Safety Center and taught by subject matter professionals with the Texas A&M Engineeri...
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,...
Five companies were selected as top prize winners during the recent Under Fire Technology Showcase: Two Six Labs, Select Engineering Services, Hydronalix, FireHud, and Wi-Fiber. The event focuses on innovative public safety technologies for first responders....
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....
Sixty-three economic development professionals completed the Basic Economic Development Course, where they learned about the concepts, tools and skills needed to be successful in economic development....
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 tr...
Rebecca Tate received the prestigious Regents Fellow Service Award from The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents. She was recognized for her efforts to enhance the nations safety and security by ensuring first responders receive high-quality emergency preparedness training....
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....
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...
The winning technologies in TEEX's Defense to Response (D2R) Technology Showcase were Sonar EMILY by Hydronalix, Project Diligence by PhaseSpace and No-contact shield by Protect the Force. They will be transitioning from Defense to Response over the next nine months....
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....
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 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 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....
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Kathy Fraser | Director of Marketing and Communications [email protected] (979) 458-6837
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