COLLEGE STATION – On Saturday, November 8th, the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service, Product Development Center (TEEX PDC) will provide an opportunity for media to see demonstrations and hear explanations of skills, equipment and technologies used in infectious disease response including operations utilizing field hospitals, personal protective equipment, decontamination protocols and patient management.
Draeger Safety Inc. called on the TEEX Product Development Center for testing and evaluation of its portable gas detection and personnel tracking system for workers who perform confined space entry. TEEX PDC evaluated and tested Draegers Confined Space Equipment at TEEXs renowned fire and rescue training facility, Brayton Fire Training Field.
Caleb Holt, Manager of the TEEX Product Development Center, has been named the Vice Chair of the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) Technology Council.
A recent Water Robotics Workshop in Galveston brought robotic developers, researchers, robotics companies and users together to explore current and potential applications of marine robotics. The event was sponsored by the TEEX Product Development Center.
TEEX is collaborating with other members of The Texas A&M University System to evaluate the ability of TetraKO to retard a fires progress during a wildfire scenario.
When SR Systems needed to test its products in an F5 tornado, the TEEX Product Development Center (PDC) and its collaborators across The Texas A&M University System tackled the challenge. As part of an agency known for simulating huge fires, explosions and destroyed cities for training purposes, the PDC team and its partners soon developed just what the company needed – a man-made tornado.
New technologies, such as the Wearable Advanced Sensor Platform (WASP), show promise in reducing firefighter deaths and disabilities through location tracking and physiological monitoring of individual firefighters in real-time. TEEX PDC executed a test-bed agreement with Globe Manufacturing Co. to evaluate WASP in a 100-hour extended field trial in December 2012.
The TEEX Product Development Center (PDC) is holding an Open House and Technology Showcase on Thursday, May 10, at the H.D. Smith Complex at Brayton Fire Training Field from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Open House will include will include bus tours of TEEX facilities and technology and product demonstrations by several companies.
Three companies field-tested specialized products recently during a Texas Task Force 1 full-scale exercise and left with data that will help further refine or market their products.
The TEEX Product Development Center hosted a hands-on demonstration and evaluation of Titan Energys new Sentry 5000 Mobile Utility System at TEEXs Disaster City®. The all-in-one utility support unit is designed for emergency response, disaster recovery and deployment to remote areas.