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 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 Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded a $50 million project grant to the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service on September 15, 2022 under the State and Local Homeland Security National Training Program (CFDA 97.005). Through this award, the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service, doing business as Teex, will provide national domestic preparedness training and services to state and local entities. As part of the Department of Homeland Security's Homeland Security National...
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 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...
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...
The federal Project Grant award of $1,402,384.00 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the National Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Response System (CFDA 97.025) supports the County of Pierce, Washington in maintaining, training, and equipping its urban search and rescue capabilities. This 36-month grant, effective September 1, 2024, will enable the county to sustain a specialized emergency response team prepared to conduct complex search and rescue operations during major...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded a $1,611,578 Project Grant to the City of New York under the National Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Response System program. The grant will fund management, training, equipment procurement and storage, and maintenance for the City's US&R task force through August 2024. Under the National Urban Search and Rescue program, FEMA supports 28 task forces across the country that respond to natural or human-caused disasters. The City of New...
The federal Project Grant award of $1,415,884.00 was provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through the National Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Response System (CFDA 97.025) program. The grant funds will support the maintenance, training, and equipping of Montgomery County, Maryland's specialized urban search and rescue capabilities over a 36-month performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027. The award enables the county to sustain a national task force...