An agreement signed recently in Abu Dhabi will bring Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) training to the United Arab Emirates. The training will focus on skills used to protect public and private critical infrastructures and key resources in the UAE.
Members of the U.S. Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMAT) from across the country participated in a full-scale exercise sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services at TEEX’s Disaster City®.
The 2010 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, which includes $23 million for TEEX’s National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center (NERRTC), has passed both houses of Congress.
TEEX is reaching out to Emergency Medical Services programs at community colleges to offer new Emergency Medical Technicians and paramedics some basic training in operations and planning for weapons of mass destruction (WMD) incidents.
TEEX and the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC) have received a $1.1 million grant to provide training on AS9100 quality standards and lean manufacturing techniques to 19 Texas companies that supply the aerospace industry.
Twenty-two people involved in investigating and processing crime scenes are the first to earn the Forensic Science Technician certificate from the Texas Forensic Science Academy, which was established by TEEX in 2008.
Protecting and monitoring the quality of the state’s drinking water supply is the goal of a joint effort by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and TEEX. TCEQ turned to the TEEX Water and Wastewater Program to establish baseline data for 24 public water systems in Texas, and to develop a protocol for effectively measuring possible contaminants with ECLOX monitoring equipment.
The final week of the Texas Engineering Extension ServiceÂ’s three weeks of summer fire training schools began today with 2,138 students and 456 guest instructors in attendance.
The public is invited to a firefighting demonstration on July 22, sponsored by the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) in conjunction with its 80th Annual Municipal Fire Training School at the Brayton Fire Training Field in College Station.
Exactly 466 firefighters from refineries and other industries from across the country have begun a week of training at Brayton Fire Training Field in College Station. The 47th annual Industrial Fire School will last through Friday.
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