Texas Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) and its sponsoring agency, the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX), are preparing for the mobilization and deployment of search and rescue assets due to a potential landfall of Hurricane Gustav.
The GovernorÂ’s Division of Emergency Management has activated Texas Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) to assist with the flooding in a three-county area in the Wichita Falls vicinity.
Texas Task Force 1 (TX-TF1), which had been forward-staged in the Houston area since Monday, is returning to its headquarters in College Station.
With Tropical Storm Edouard approaching the Texas coast and expected to make landfall as a possible hurricane by Tuesday morning, Texas Task Force 1 has been activated by the GovernorÂ’s Division of Emergency Management.
San Juan College, Texas A&M University-Commerce agree to transfer credits for TEEX CSHO courses.
Sixteen employees of Sinopec Corp. (China Petroleum and Chemical Corp.) are the first group from an international company to complete TEEX’s Certified Safety and Health Official (CSHO) program in its entirety over the course of three months.
All of the state’s coordinated search and rescue assets – including those of College Station-based Texas Task Force 1 and Dallas-based Texas Task Force 2 – have assisted local cities and counties in dealing with more than 300 calls for rescue or assistance.
Although answering numerous calls for service, members of Texas Task Force 1 thankfully have not encountered widespread structural damage in the Rio Grande Valley; however, there continues to be significant flooding in some areas.
As winds of up to 90 mph and heavy rainfall from Hurricane Dolly affect the Rio Grande Valley, members of Texas Task Force 1 and other state search and rescue assets continue to assist local elected officials in the Rio Grande Valley.
The Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) and Texas Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) are preparing for the deployment of search and rescue assets due to potential landfall of Tropical Storm Dolly along the Texas coast. Dolly is expected to reach hurricane status before making landfall, which is currently predicted to happen late Wednesday or early Thursday.
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