Texas Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) continues to stand ready at Ellington Field in Houston for deployment to Haiti. The 80-member structural collapse team will be bringing 50 tons of rescue equipment and supplies to assist with the search and rescue operation.
Texas Governor Rick Perry has authorized Texas Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) to deploy at the request of FEMA to support search and rescue operations in the Caribbean nation of Haiti. This deployment marks the first international deployment since the team was established in 1998. The task force will deploy to the Caribbean nation aboard Department of Defense aircraft from Houston on the afternoon of Jan. 14. TX-TF1 will be joining other task forces that have been activated from Virginia, California and Florida.
The Texas Task Force 1 cache of equipment recently received a “thumbs-up” following an inspection by members of the 136th Logistics Readiness Squadron of the Texas Military Forces.
As the heavy rains moved out of Texas on Friday afternoon, members of Texas Task Force 1 have been demobilized and are on their way back to their jurisdictions this evening
Three swiftwater rescue teams and two Texas Military Forces UH-60 helicopters with TX-TF1 rescue technicians aboard were deployed to the city of Lufkin. Two UH-60 helicopters and TX-TF1 rescue technicians also moved to the city of Longview. Three swiftwater rescue teams are also being staged in College Station this afternoon for potential forward deployment later in the day.
Texas Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) will deploy today in advance of continued heavy rain expected across east Texas over the next two days. This deployment is part of the States effort to preposition and assist jurisdictions if conditions deteriorate. The National Weather Service predicts the possibility of heavy rain over much of Southeast Texas stretching east of Interstate 45 corridor from Houston to Dallas.
Members of the U.S. Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMAT) from across the country participated in a full-scale exercise sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services at TEEX’s Disaster City®.
Some things you cant learn in the classroom. On Monday, 91 Texas A&M Mays Business School MBA students will engage in a unique and highly stressful learning experience — one they’ll hope never happens in real life.
With Hurricane Ike presenting an imminent threat to the Gulf Coast, the Governors Division of Emergency Management (GDEM) has authorized Texas Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) to activate and plan for forward deployment ahead of the storm.