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The Texas A&M University System recently received a customer appreciation award for providing employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

Brazos County has a 90 percent chance of rain Tuesday, including possible thunderstorms, the National Weather Service said. Other areas of Texas were at risk for flooding and tornadoes.

Quick clearance of a traffic incident shortens the amount of time responders are in harm’s way and reduces the incident duration, thereby reducing the opportunity for secondary crashes. In addition, swift clearance restores the roadway to its full traffic-carrying capacity, quickly minimizing the congestion that incidents cause.

Due to possible severe weather and the potential for tornadoes, the Governor’s Division of Emergency Management (GDEM) has directed Texas Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) to activate a Type I Urban Search and Rescue task force comprised of 80 team members.

FORT KENT, Maine — The period after a disaster is not the time for departmental turf wars or trying to figure out who is in charge of doing what.

Typically, fire departments have the responsibility to conduct swift-water rescues, but all responders (police, fire, EMS, public works) should be aware of the dangers posed by swift-moving water. Anyone who may find themselves within 10 feet of the water should have swift-water awareness training.

A cleaner, renewable fuel source being transported across the country for use in automobiles may be a disaster waiting to happen, fire officials said.

Industrial Safety Training Council (ISTC) is growing, and that growth is met with excitement by the ISTC team as they work together to expand the company’s Nederland, Texas, Training Center in many new ways.