TEEX and the City of Los Angeles have teamed up to offer the first-ever Enhanced All-Hazards Incident Management/ Unified Command Course (MGT-314) held outside of the Emergency Operations Training Center in College Station. The course was held at a specially retrofitted training center at the Port of Los Angeles.
Thirty-three new peace officers graduated from the TEEX Central Texas Police Academy, after 18 weeks of comprehensive classroom and hands-on training at the RELLIS Campus.
Thirty-four fire service leaders completed the 10th Fire Service Chief Executive Officer (FSCEO) leadership certificate program, which is delivered by TEEX in cooperation with professors from the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University.
Over 400 employees from municipalities and construction companies took advantage of low-cost training offered by TEEX during the annual Infrastructure & Safety Summit, which was hosted on the campus of the Texas State Technical College (TSTC) in Harlingen.
Sixty-three economic development professionals from four states attended the Basic Economic Development Course in San Antonio, which was conducted by TEEX and the Texas Economic Development Council.
A new TEEX Lineman Academy was launched at the RELLIS Campus through an agreement between TEEX and Blinn College. The academy will train workers for the electric power industry, to fill the need for employees to scale utility poles and keep electricity flowing.
A record class of 68 new firefighters graduated from the 18th Online Firefighter Recruit Academy. They completed 335 hours of training online before traveling to Brayton Fire Training Field for an intensive 21-day hands-on firefighting boot camp.”
Honolulu Fire Department has become an approved TEEX Cooperative Learning Center (CLC) and will offer HazMat Operations training for emergency responders and recruit firefighters in Hawaii.
TEEX has launched a new course for public safety personnel who pilot small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS), or drones, used in emergency response and disaster reconnaissance and recovery. The course will prepare sUAS pilots to take the FAA Part 107 exam.
Former NFL player and Frisco Firefighter Danny Watkins is the 150th emergency responder to earn the US&R Rescue Specialist Certificate from TEEX. He joins 19 other firefighters who have earned the certificate in 2018.
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