The first Infrastructure and Safety Summit hosted by the city of McAllen, Texas, attracted a record 630 people for one-stop workforce training and professional development in a wide variety of disciplines on March 24-28.Thirty-three courses were offered at reduced tuition fees during the TEEX training event. The training summit was designed to assist both entry-level…
Ten officers from the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority Emergency Services Unit (ESU) attended a special Passenger Rail Rescue course on April 14-18, 2014, at Disaster City®. The course ended with a night exercise requiring students to rescue “moulaged” victims from a derailed passenger train.The training exercise was designed to provide a variety of difficult rescue…
Search and rescue in a contaminated environment was the focus of the Operational Readiness Exercise for the Texas Task Force 1 blue team at Disaster City® on April 25-28. The scenario was designed as a gas pipeline explosion with mass casualties, and the exercise involved performing search and rescue in a radiologically and chemically contaminated…
GeoSuite®, a software application originally developed for the military, is the newest technology asset in the Texas Task Force 1 equipment cache. The digital tool was modified and customized for urban search and rescue operations by General Dynamics, and Texas Task Force 1 is the first urban search and rescue team to deploy it operationally….
The international reputation of TEEX’s fire training reaches many corners of the globe, not the least of them, the coastal city of Bintulu, Malaysia. Officials with Bintulu Emergency & Safety Training Center first called on TEEX Emergency Services Training Institute (ESTI) five years ago, seeking advice on the construction of a fire training facility. Once…
Two Texas Army National Guard helicopters landed at Brayton Fire Training Field on April 1 as part of the National Helicopter Search & Rescue Workshop sponsored by Texas Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) and the Texas Army National Guard. Attendees represented government, military and civilian search-and-rescue organizations from more than 30 states as far away as…
The new online Death Investigation course launched by Public Safety & Security on March 1 has enrolled over 2,000 students in just six weeks. Kristin Anthony, an Instructional Design Specialist at TEEX, designed the course. “It’s all about context and relevance,” said Anthony. “That’s how we engage adult learners.” The decision to convert the course…
FEMA called up several members of Texas Task Force 1 to assist with recovery efforts following the March 22 mudslide in Snohomish County, WA. Dr. Richard Bradley served as Deputy Medical Officer on the FEMA Urban Search & Rescue “White” Incident Support Team (IST) from March 24 until April 7. He is a Medical Team…
The statistics are available for Week 7 of The Walk Across Texas! TEEX has 11 teams registered with 88 participants this year for the eight-week program to help people get into the habit of regular physical activity. During week 7, TEEXans walked 3,238 miles and lost 24 pounds. After seven weeks, the top teams with…
March 27th was a day of celebration for the 53 graduates of the 143rd Recruit Fire Training Academy. The graduation ceremony marked the culmination of the 12-week academy, which prepares cadets for certification as a professional firefighter through classroom and hands-on field training applications. The new firefighters sat for the ProBoard Firefighter II national exams….