Company Profile
Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
Company Overview
The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) is an internationally recognized leader in emergency response training, workforce training and technical assistance. Last year, TEEX served more than 138,000 people from every U.S. state and territory and 131 countries worldwide. Major TEEX programs include Fire and Emergency Services, Infrastructure and Safety, Law Enforcement and Protective Services and Business and Cyber Solutions.
As part of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium and home to the National Emergency Response and Recovery Training Center, TEEX has also been a leader in homeland security training since 1998, providing federally funded homeland security training and exercises for communities across the nation.
Beyond training and technical assistance, the agency also sponsors two statewide response teams, Texas A&M Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) and Texas A&M Public Works Response Team (TX-PWRT). While TX-TF1, an elite urban search and rescue team, provides emergency response personnel and resources during disasters, TX-PWRT restores public utilities such as water, gas and electricity after disasters.
Company History
Today’s comprehensive list of TEEX courses all can be traced back to “Methods of Teaching Industrial Education,” one of two vocational courses offered by the Texas Agriculture and Mechanical College of Texas in 1919. The expansion of higher education into offering practical education for industrial professions finds its roots in the Morrill Act of 1862 opens in a new tab, also known as the Land Grant College Act. The earliest fire training courses on the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College campus date to 1930. While a variety of entities within Texas A&M University have been charged with developing needed training and teaching resources over the years, the basic mandate remains the same: to provide occupational and technical training services on an extension basis to the citizens of Texas.
Milestones:
1862 Legislation known as the Morrill Act is mandated “to promote the liberal practical education of the industrial classes in several pursuits and professions of life.”
1914 The Smith-Lever Act specifically establishes extension services to “give instruction and practical demonstration to persons not attending or residents in said colleges and imparting to such persons information on said subjects through field demonstrations, publications and otherwise.”
1917 Congress passes the Smith-Hughes Act establishing public vocational technical education. The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas begins a trade and industrial teacher training service,
1919 Methods of Teaching Industrial Education is one of two courses offered under the supervision of the Department of Agricultural Education, ultimately leading to the creation of the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service.
1924 A School of Vocational Teaching including rural, agricultural and industrial departments is established.
1925 The Industrial Education Department closes in the spring to be reopened in October and charged with developing effective industrial teacher training. Soon after, training conferences for foremen of oil field production crews are offered to improve job planning and work supervision in the rapidly developing East Texas oil fields.
1929 The State Firemen’s and Fire Marshals’ Association and the Texas Legislature establish a permanent firefighter training school at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
1930 Firefighter training begins on the Texas A&M campus. It will be incorporated into the Industrial Extension Service programs in 1947.
1935 The school of Vocational Teaching is dissolved and the Department of Industrial Education is transferred to the School of Engineering.
1940 The Industrial Extension Service is created offering programs including water and sewage plant operator training, peace officer training, public building custodian training and automobile training.
1948 In its July meeting, the Texas A&M College Board of Directors changes the Industrial Extension Service to the Engineering Extension Service as part of the Texas A&M College System. TEEX is charged with responsibility for providing occupational and technical training services to comply with the original Land Grant College Act, also known as the Morrill Act.
1998 TEEX becomes home to the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center.
2014 As a member of The Texas A&M University System opens in a new tab, TEEX programs include fire and emergency services, homeland security, public safety and security, public works, safety and health, search and rescue, and knowledge engineering. TEEX also sponsors Texas Task Force 1.
Benefits
As a member of the Texas A&M University System, eligible TEEX employees enjoy benefit options such as:
Medical, Dental, and Vision
Employee Perks and Discounts
Life insurance
Retirement plans
Time off
Award and recognition programs
Tax deferred accounts and deferred compensation plan
Health and wellness
Employee education programs
Compensation
Teacher Retirement System of Texas