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Twenty-four members of the 72nd Civil Support Team (CST) from Lincoln, Neb., recently completed a week of training and hands-on scenario-based exercises at TEEX’s Disaster City®.

Nearly 100 members of the Texas Task Force 1 red team mobilized to the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex on Feb. 5, remained on standby for the duration of the Super Bowl XLV, and demobilized on Monday, Feb. 7.

TEEX has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Belgium Civil Protection unit, which is part of the Belgium Ministry of Home Affairs. The agreement will allow the two organizations to exchange experience, information, training and technology.

TEEX and Coventry University in Coventry, U.K., have joined forces to develop a new training initiative in emergency rescue and disaster management.

The Texas Department of Emergency Management notified Texas Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) to deploy four swiftwater rescue teams across the state due to heavy rain from Tropical Storm Hermine.

Texas Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) urban search and rescue team will be recognized at the Texas A&M vs. Louisiana Tech football game at Kyle Field on Sept. 11. More than 135 current and former Task Force members will be recognized during the pregame activities as part of Texas First Responders Day. Nine years ago, the Task Force was mobilized when the 9/11 attacks occurred, and 74 team members responded to the site of the World Trade Center, spending nine days working around the clock at Ground Zero in New York City.

TEEX’s Disaster City® is fast becoming the top destination worldwide for testing and demonstrating new tools and technology for urban search and rescue responders. This was evident recently as TEEX instructors and responders put a new, portable, self-contained concrete-breaching tool to the test.

Texas Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) swiftwater and helicopter rescue teams were demobilized Wednesday, July 21, by the Texas Division of Emergency Management after a seven-day deployment to South Texas for widespread flooding along the Rio Grande river.

Texas Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) has activated and deployed three swiftwater rescue teams to South Texas today (7/14/10) due to the potential for the Rio Grande river to flood over the next few days. The swiftwater rescue teams will be on standby in South Texas, awaiting requests by local jurisdictions should they experience flash flooding.

Texas Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) swiftwater and helicopter rescue teams were demobilized this morning (July 12) by the Texas Division of Emergency Management after a four-day deployment to South Texas for widespread flooding along the Rio Grande. The Texas Public Works Response Team still has members assisting local officials with restoring public utilities and flood recovery efforts.