Communications technologies for first responders were tested as part of the 2013 EDGE Innovation Winter Institute exercise, hosted at TEEX’s Disaster City on Nov. 4-8. The EDGE® Innovation Network brings together industry, academia, and non-profit organizations, along with government entities, to collaborate in an open community environment to rapidly deliver new technologies and innovative capabilities…
More than 300 responders and 180 patient actors were involved in a full-scale emergency response exercise on Oct. 19 at Newark Liberty International Airport. The drill was staged by The Port Authority of New York/New Jersey Office of Emergency Management and conducted at Terminal B, the international terminal, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The…
TEEX has exceeded its goal for the Federal Small Business Program for the first three-quarters of the government fiscal year 2013, reaching 28 % of yearly expenditures to U.S. small businesses, says Small Business Liaison Officer Terri Sager. In FY2012, the rate was 18.4%. The TEEX Federal Small Business Program and the Texas Historically Underutilized Businesses…
TEEXan Jason Loyd credits the fire service with turning his life around, and his textbook, Fundamentals of Fire and Emergency Services, now in its 2nd edition, is one way he chose to give back to the fire service community.The textbook, which he coauthored by James D. Richardson, was originally published in 2009 by Brady Publishing,…
Safety and health professionals can now earn the TEEX Certified Safety and Health Official™ (CSHO) certificate in Construction or General Industry in just four months through the CSHO Quik-Trac program. The industry-recognized program is offered in Austin, Mesquite and San Antonio for veterans or others who want to earn the professional safety designation. The Quik-Trac…
The Annual Texas Fire Training Schools heated up Brayton Fire Training Field during July – bringing more than 3,200 firefighters and guest instructors to College Station for intensive training in emergency services. And the spark of excitement among those attending was not lessened by the blazing temperatures.The 84thMunicipal Fire School drew 1,923 firefighters – members…