TEEX Spanish Fire School begins
More than 400 Spanish-speaking firefighters from around the world have begun a week of intense training at the world-renowned Brayton Fire Training Field in College Station.
More than 400 Spanish-speaking firefighters from around the world have begun a week of intense training at the world-renowned Brayton Fire Training Field in College Station.
Thousands of firefighters from around the globe will travel to College Station, Texas, in July to participate in the nationÂ’s premier fire training schools at the worldÂ’s largest, live-fueled fire training facility: Brayton Fire Training Field.
An agreement signed recently in Abu Dhabi will bring TEEX infrastructure security and asset protection training to the United Arab Emirates. The agreement, signed by the UAE Critical National Infrastructure Authority (CNIA) and Team Camber, establishes the Abu Dhabi asset security training program.
TEEX is collaborating with state-owned Qatar Petroleum to build a premier emergency services training facility in Ras Laffan, Qatar, to serve emergency responders from throughout the Middle East and North Africa. The Ras Laffan Emergency and Safety Training College is situated on 200 acres and is expected to be completed in 2010.
TEEX and Louisiana Tech University in Ruston have signed an agreement that will allow the agency to provide some of its specialized curriculum and workforce training programs to Louisiana workers.
TEEX Public Safety and Security has announced a campaign to double the number of Texas county corrections officers who hold the Intermediate Jailer certificate by 2011.
Citizens who were affected by Hurricane Ike can now share their ideas, suggestions and lessons learned with decision-makers through a Web site developed by TEEX’s Knowledge Engineering Center (KEC) for the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health.
The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA) has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with TEEX’s Emergency Services Training Institute to develop and support a new command-level critical incident management course.
With the help of TEEX, the coastal regions of Texas have been rehearsing and evaluating their hurricane plans in preparation for the 2009 hurricane season, which officially begins June 1.
Harvie Cheshire of the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) has completed the Executive Fire Officer Program through the U.S. Fire Administration’s National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, MD.
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