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Seeing someone suffer from a sudden cardiac arrest-can be a scary ordeal. But now helping them, doesn’t have to be.

Officials from the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) and the London Fire Brigade signed an affiliation agreement April 1, allowing the London Fire Brigade to easily schedule training with TEEX.

The Bridge Maintenance Course offered the Texas Engineering
Extension Service (TEEX), a member of the Texas A & M
System, trains public works employees how to perform
bridge inspections and maintenance operations—two tasks vital to
ensuring the safety of our nation’s bridges.

Texas Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) is preparing for the potential deployment of the task force due to continued severe weather expected in East Texas.

During a recent National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications (Pro Board) meeting, the committee on accreditation voted to allow the Texas Engineering Extension Service’s (TEEX) Emergency Services Training Institute (ESTI) to grant certification to individuals in several new areas within National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 472, which is the Standard for Professional Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materials Incident.

Texas Task Force 1 canine handler Karla Collins and her dog Scooby search one of three rubble piles at Disaster City during this weekend’s full-scale exercise.

Every year, Texas Task Force 1 trains in a mock, full-scale exercise at Texas A&M’s Disaster City.

Sue Shahan was named the deputy director of the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) today by The Texas A&M University System’s Board of Regents.

Legislative earmarks, the topic of
much recent national debate, are congressional
provisions directing approved
funds to be spent on specifi c
projects.

Texas Task Force 1, the state’s elite urban search and rescue team, will respond to a mock earthquake at Disaster City during its Operational Readiness Exercise, or ORE, March 29-31.