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The public is invited to a firefighting demonstration on July 22, sponsored by the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) in conjunction with its 80th Annual Municipal Fire Training School at the Brayton Fire Training Field in College Station.

Exactly 466 firefighters from refineries and other industries from across the country have begun a week of training at Brayton Fire Training Field in College Station. The 47th annual Industrial Fire School will last through Friday.

More than 400 Spanish-speaking firefighters from around the world have begun a week of intense training at the world-renowned Brayton Fire Training Field in College Station.

Thousands of firefighters from around the globe will travel to College Station, Texas, in July to participate in the nation’s premier fire training schools at the world’s largest, live-fueled fire training facility: Brayton Fire Training Field.

TEEX is collaborating with state-owned Qatar Petroleum to build a premier emergency services training facility in Ras Laffan, Qatar, to serve emergency responders from throughout the Middle East and North Africa. The Ras Laffan Emergency and Safety Training College is situated on 200 acres and is expected to be completed in 2010.

The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA) has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with TEEX’s Emergency Services Training Institute to develop and support a new command-level critical incident management course.

Harvie Cheshire of the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) has completed the Executive Fire Officer Program through the U.S. Fire Administration’s National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, MD.

TEEX’s Emergency Services Training Institute is offering a new NFPA 472 Hazardous Materials Container Specialist certificate. Twenty-six employees of Bayer Corporation became the first to earn the new certificate.

TEEX is conducting hazardous materials training for up to 1,500 members of National Guard Bureau response teams across the country.

The Texas Engineering Extension Service, or TEEX, will host a “night burn” for the community on Wednesday, July 23, at the world-renowned Brayton Fire Training Field in College Station.