Quake Drill Success

Texas Task Force 1 canine handler Karla Collins and her dog Scooby search one of three rubble piles at Disaster City during this weekend’s full-scale exercise.

Every year, Texas Task Force 1 trains in a mock, full-scale exercise at Texas A&M’s Disaster City.

Sue Shahan was named the deputy director of the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) today by The Texas A&M University System’s Board of Regents.

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Texas Task Force 1, the state’s elite urban search and rescue team, will respond to a mock earthquake at Disaster City during its Operational Readiness Exercise, or ORE, March 29-31.

College Station – Texas Task Force 1, the state’s elite urban search and rescue team, will respond to a mock earthquake at Disaster City® during its Operational Readiness Exercise, or ORE, March 29-31.

The Texas A&M University System recently received a customer appreciation award for providing employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

Brazos County has a 90 percent chance of rain Tuesday, including possible thunderstorms, the National Weather Service said. Other areas of Texas were at risk for flooding and tornadoes.

Quick clearance of a traffic incident shortens the amount of time responders are in harm’s way and reduces the incident duration, thereby reducing the opportunity for secondary crashes. In addition, swift clearance restores the roadway to its full traffic-carrying capacity, quickly minimizing the congestion that incidents cause.

Due to possible severe weather and the potential for tornadoes, the Governor’s Division of Emergency Management (GDEM) has directed Texas Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) to activate a Type I Urban Search and Rescue task force comprised of 80 team members.