The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded a $25 million project grant to the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service, doing business as Teex, for the period of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2023. The grant funding supports the State and Local Homeland Security National Training Program, officially titled the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium under CFDA number 97.005. Through this award, Teex will provide national domestic preparedness training and education to state...
The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (Teex) was awarded a $25,000,000 Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the State and Local Homeland Security National Training Program (CFDA 97.005) on September 11, 2023. The funding will enable Teex to develop and deliver specialized training curricula, exercises, technical assistance, and educational resources focused on emergency preparedness, hazard response, counterterrorism, and cybersecurity across the...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded a $20,840,000 Project Grant under the State and Local Homeland Security National Training Program (CFDA 97.005) to the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (Teex). This grant, with a performance period from August 28, 2024 to August 27, 2026, supports Teex in developing and delivering specialized training to enhance national preparedness capabilities across emergency responder, homeland security, and public safety domains. Key...
The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (Teex), a state government entity affiliated with the Texas A&M University System, has been awarded a $575,000 Project Grant by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program (CFDA 97.044). The goal of the AFG program is to enhance public and firefighter safety with respect to fire and fire-related hazards. Through this 2-year grant, Teex will provide specialized training, technical...
This $1,565,384 federal Project Grant award to the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (Teex) from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) supports the National Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Response System (CFDA 97.025). The 36-month grant funds the management, training, equipment procurement, storage, and maintenance of Teex's specialized urban search and rescue teams. This supports the national preparedness and response capabilities to assist with presidentially declared...
The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) will receive $1,804,078 under a three-year Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to support the National Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Response System program. The goal of the National US&R Response System program (CFDA #97.025) is to ensure adequate management, training, exercise, procurement of vehicles and equipment, and storage/maintenance for 28 national task forces responding to natural or...
The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) received a $991,407.88 Project Grant award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program. The award period is from August 29, 2022 to August 28, 2024. The AFG program, administered by FEMA under CFDA number 97.044, aims to enhance public safety and protect firefighters from fire and fire-related hazards. TEEX will use the funding to provide fire and emergency response training...
This $376,961.00 federal Project Grant award, funded by the Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration under the Interagency Hazardous Materials Public Sector Training and Planning Grants (CFDA 20.703) program, supports the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (Teex) in providing "train-the-trainer" programs for hazardous materials regulations training. The grant aims to improve training for hazardous materials employees by developing...
This $521,215 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) under the Interagency Hazardous Materials Public Sector Training and Planning Grants program (CFDA 20.703) supports the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (Teex) in providing train-the-trainer programs for hazardous materials regulations training. The award will enable Teex to develop and deliver specialized instructor training courses,...
This $452,440 Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration, under the Interagency Hazardous Materials Public Sector Training and Planning Grants (CFDA 20.703) program, supports the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) in conducting hazardous materials instructor training programs from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. TEEX, operating as a sub-awardee of The Texas A&M University System, will provide...