Several Texas Legislative staff members recently visited TEEX, along with Rep. John Raney, who represents District 14. They toured the equipment cache of Texas Task Force 1 and training facilities at the Texas A&M Riverside Campus as well as Brayton Fire Training Field and Disaster City.
The 2014 Leadership Development Symposium will be presented on Jan. 6-8 in Frisco, Texas, by the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX). There is no registration fee for Texas resident firefighters, and sessions are geared to meet continuing education requirements for Texas fire officers and EMS personnel.
The 2013 Southwest Electrical Metering Association (SWEMA) Texas Meter School attracted 218 participants to the Texas A&M Riverside Campus for hands-on training, networking and the latest updates in metering technology.
Through an innovative new program, high school graduates of Oak Ridge High School in Conroe have the opportunity to earn their Class D Water Operator and Class D Wastewater Operator license.
The community of Cotulla, Texas, near the center of the Eagle Ford shale deposits, has a plan to handle the impact of its new boom town status. This is mostly due to the foresight of community leaders who sought out assistance in managing its unrivaled growth. A key step toward ensuring CotullaÂ’s growth is positive and sustainable is an Economic and Competitive Assessment Study of the community recently conducted by the Economic Development Program at the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX).
WYOWARN recently called on TEEX for training and assistance in developing a functional exercise to test the effectiveness of the WYOWARN plan and its policies and procedures for protecting citizens and mitigating a crisis involving contamination of the drinking water supply. WYOWARN is a mutual aid and assistance network for water and wastewater utilities, which prepares utilities to respond to emergencies by sharing personnel, tools and equipment.
TEEX recently hosted a visit by Congressional and Legislative staff members, who met with TEEX Director Gary Sera and toured some of the agencyÂ’s emergency preparedness training facilities.
TEEX officials joined dignitaries and leaders from the government, industry, military and emergency response community at the grand opening of the Ras Laffan Emergency and Safety College (RLESC) in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Doha, Qatar.
Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) recently collaborated to offer the Texas Construction Career Academy for students interested in a career in the highway construction industry.
The Texas Criminal Justice Division has awarded the Texas Forensic Science Academy $299,000 to provide crime scene investigation training for law enforcement personnel in small, rural and mid-sized law enforcement agencies in Texas.
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