With Tropical Storm Edouard approaching the Texas coast and expected to make landfall as a possible hurricane by Tuesday morning, Texas Task Force 1 has been activated by the Governors Division of Emergency Management.
All of the states coordinated search and rescue assets including those of College Station-based Texas Task Force 1 and Dallas-based Texas Task Force 2 have assisted local cities and counties in dealing with more than 300 calls for rescue or assistance.
Although answering numerous calls for service, members of Texas Task Force 1 thankfully have not encountered widespread structural damage in the Rio Grande Valley; however, there continues to be significant flooding in some areas.
As winds of up to 90 mph and heavy rainfall from Hurricane Dolly affect the Rio Grande Valley, members of Texas Task Force 1 and other state search and rescue assets continue to assist local elected officials in the Rio Grande Valley.
The Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) and Texas Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) are preparing for the deployment of search and rescue assets due to potential landfall of Tropical Storm Dolly along the Texas coast. Dolly is expected to reach hurricane status before making landfall, which is currently predicted to happen late Wednesday or early Thursday.
College Station city officials to role play with Czech military, Texas Military Forces, TEEX Urban Search & Rescue
Preparing for a disaster just got a little easier.
Dozens of people gathered Tuesday for the reopening of an expanded and updated training facility designed to keep first responders at their best.
Emergency responders from the nine-county Middle Rio Grande Development Council area gathered Thursday at the Southwest Texas Junior College Matthews Student Center for a tabletop exercise designed to test emergency communications among different agencies during a terrorist event.
The Texas Engineering Extension Service will be taking its training to the skies.
The Governors Division of Emergency Management has directed Texas Task Force 1, to send liaison officers to various locations Texas due to the National Weather Services prediction of severe weather in those areas on Tuesday.
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