A new $2.4 million facility for self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) is under construction at Brayton Fire Training Field, where approximately 75,000 refills of SCBA are performed each year.
Fifty-three new firefighters graduated March 24 from the TEEX Firefighter Recruit Academy, after completing 12 weeks of intensive training at the Brayton Fire Training Field.
Joint Task Force 136 of the Texas National Guard is conducting a large-scale simulated disaster response training exercise this week at the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) Disaster City® in College Station, and the Texas A&M RELLIS Campus in Bryan.
More than 400 students and guest instructors attended the 29th Annual Spring Fire Training School on March 5-10.
The 9th annual TEEX Leadership Development Symposium in Frisco, TX, drew nearly 1,000 emergency responders,
breaking previous attendance records.
LyondellBasell announced a donation of $100,000 to fund specialized emergency training for six Houston-area fire departments. The donation will underwrite scholarships for HazMat training administered by TEEX.
Chief Henry D. Smith, former Division Director of the TEEX Emergency Services Training Institute and head of the Texas Fire School , died January 11, 2017, at age 99. He was the longest serving Chairman of the Texas Commission on Fire Protection, from 1970 – 1987.
Fifty-five new firefighters from Texas, California, Ohio, Hawaii and Canada have graduated from the 151st TEEX Firefighter Recruit Academy.
The annual TEEX Leadership Development Symposium is scheduled for Jan. 9-11, 2017, in Frisco, Texas, and is expected to draw more than 800 Texas first responders.
TEEX has signed a five-year agreement with Xinxing Heavy Industries Group to provide technical assistance for eight training centers to be constructed across China.
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