Hank Lawson, Program Director for Exercises and Simulations with TEEX’s National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center, has received the prestigious Regents Fellow Service Award from The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents.
Texas Division of Emergency Management Chief Jack Colley has asked TEEX’s National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center (NERRTC) to assume key roles in the execution of the Re-entry Task Force missions. Four Re-entry Task Forces were established this summer by TDEM to assist local jurisdictions in the immediate aftermath of a disaster.
New joint training exercises conducted at TEEX’s Emergency Operations Training Center have further enhanced the center’s national reputation for emergency management training that mirrors real life. The capability of holding joint exercises between the EOC and the Incident Command Post have made the training more realistic for both groups of participants.
Realistic training at TEEX’s Emergency Operations Training Center in College Station prepares members of Multi-Agency Coordination Centers in Texas to prepare to manage a potential hurricane or other disaster.
With the help of TEEX, the coastal regions of Texas have been rehearsing and evaluating their hurricane plans in preparation for the 2009 hurricane season, which officially begins June 1.
Long before the current H1N1 flu or “swine flu” outbreak made the news, NERRTC was preparing the state and nation for the “worst-case scenario” of a pandemic influenza outbreak through planning assistance, mass prophylaxis training and pandemic flu exercises.
The State of Illinois recently enacted a broad plan designed to train trainers for an Illinois Higher Education Threat Assessment Team program.
In a world of uncertainty, the Texas Engineering Extension Services (TEEX) Emergency Operations Training Center, or EOTC, prepares those who might face managing large-scale natural or manmade disasters.
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