TEEX honors employees at Annual Awards Ceremony

Seven employees were recognized at an annual awards ceremony held by the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service.

David Coatney was named Agency Director of the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) by the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents, and will assume his position on Jan. 1, 2019.

TEEX has rolled out a free online course, Disaster Recovery Awareness, to help communities navigate the disaster recovery process. The course is designed to introduce the key elements involved in disaster recovery, from developing a recovery plan to finding disaster assistance resources.

The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents has named David E. Coatney as the sole finalist for the position of Director of the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX).

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has selected TEEX to train the agency’s employees across the state through a three-year, $4.6 million contract.

TEEX sponsored a tabletop exercise focusing on coordination and communication between responder groups and school officials in the event of an active shooter incident at a local school.

Texas Task Force 1 has deployed three times in the past month to the Rio Grande Valley, Gatesville and San Marcos.

Legislative Day at the Municipal Fire School drew 21 Legislative staffers and State Rep. John Raney to College Station on July 25 to learn more about the training, accomplishments and challenges of Texas emergency responders.

In the wake of 2017 hurricanes Harvey, Maria and Irma, TEEX has expanded its core training mission to include strategic disaster recovery training to help communities address the broad range of issues associated with disaster recovery.

John M. Ray has been named Division Director of TEEX Law Enforcement and Security Training, following a distinguished law enforcement career in Victoria, Tarrant County and Longview.