Texas Engineering Extension Service
TEEX trains more than 81,000 emergency responders from all 50 states and 45 countries each year.
The Texas Engineering Extension Service is an internationally recognized leader in the delivery of emergency response and workforce training, exercises, technical assistance and technology transfer. The agency offers a wide range of hands-on, customized training solutions impacting the homeland security and the occupational and economic development of Texas and beyond. Major TEEX programs include fire services, homeland security, public safety and security, public works, safety and health, search and rescue, and economic solutions. The agency sponsors Texas Task Force 1, a part of FEMA’s national urban search and rescue program and Texas’ only statewide urban search and rescue team.
| Established | 1948 |
|---|---|
| Number of Educational/Outreach Classes Annually | 5,700 |
| Number of People Served Annually | 209,000 |
| FY 2009 Operating Budget | $82.6M |
Did You Know?
- TEEX impacts 90 percent of the communities in Texas, training students from 1,366 of 1,523 communities in the state.
- TEEX has been recognized as the U.S. Department of Labor’s leading provider of OSHA training for the past three years, surpassing even the Federal OSHA Training Institute and training more students than the next two leading centers combined.
- TEEX serves as the sponsoring agency for Texas Task Force 1, a part of FEMA’s national urban search and rescue program and Texas’ only statewide urban search and rescue team under direction of the Governor’s Division of Emergency Management. Texas Task Force 1 also coordinates the state’s water rescue program.
- In operation since 1940, TEEX’s Central Texas Police Academy is the oldest continuing statewide law enforcement extension training agency in Texas.
- TEEX’s Brayton Fire Training Field in College Station is recognized as the world’s largest live-fueled fire training facility.
Agency information: (979) 458-6800 · teexweb.tamu.edu
