TEXSAR and TMAR were featured by various news agencies for their role in the Austin area Urban Shield exercise that took place on December 1st, 2012. KXAN: Urban Shield Readies Crews for Disaster KXAN: Crew Stage Attack At Expo Center KTBC: Hundreds volunteer for Urban Shield KUT: Urban Shield, Austin’s Terrorism Preparedness Exercise The Gilmer Mirror – TEXSAR COLLABORATES...
Quick Monthly Update: Monday evening November 12th is the monthly board meeting and as always you all are welcome to join us from 7-9 at the south Catfish Parlour on Ben White. Tuesday Nov. 13th evenings team training will be at the Jollyville Fire Dept at 9218 Anderson Mill Road 78729 from 7-9 and we’ll be doing group break outs and working on Urban Shield tasks. Training and Deployment Committee meeting will be 7-9 on the 20th, location TBD and the next team training will be...
On Saturday, October 27, nine TEXSAR members traveled to Bryan, TX to assist Cen-Tex SAR during a 200-person Search and Rescue training exercise at Lake Bryan. TEXSAR members fulfilled the roles of Incident Command personnel and canine flankers during the large exercise, which included the Texas A&M Forest Service, the Texas State Guard Maritime Regiment, Bryan Police and Fire Departments, Texas Department of Public Safety, and many other units and agencies to see how well multiple groups can coordinate and work together...
On Saturday October 20th Texsar delivered Search and Rescue training for the Austin/ Travis County Community Emergency Response Team Fall class. 60 students participated in the training that included search planning, hazard analysis, resource requirements and patient extraction. The students demonstrated skills in scene size up, cribbing, patient lift and carry techniques and other related exercises. Texsar continues to support the CERT program in Texas through training and exercise planning and delivery. We appreciate the support of the Austin/ Travis County Office of Homeland Security, Texas Association of Regional...
Texsar Incident Management Team (IMT) members were in Bastrop this past weekend, October 13th and 14th to assist in the 15th annual Wildfire and Incident Management Team Academy. Vince Devine, Texsar Logistics Chief, worked in Logistics, Brandon Goering, Texsar Plans Section Chief, worked in the Planning section and our Incident Commander, Greg Pyles assisted as Deputy Incident Commander. Plans Section Chief C.R. Thomas participated in a wildfire training class and will be back tomorrow, Tuesday October 16, to begin...
TEXSAR has created their own social profile on LinkedIn. Have you seen it? This profile will help us connect professionally and provide us with another way to get out information about all of the great things that we’re doing. Click here to view our official profile: http://www.linkedin.com/company/texsar ...
On Saturday, September 22, 2012, TEXSAR deployed two teams to support the Galveston County Office of Emergency Management (GCOEM). The teams worked with Harris County Hazmat, Galveston Fire Department (GFD), The HELP Foundation and the Galveston Port Authority Police Department (GPAPD). The teams participated in the Incident Support Team to provide detection and observation during the commission of the USS Fort Worth and other events in the Port Authority area. Harris County Hazmat...
Contact: Mackenzie Kelly Phone: 512-931-4746 Email: mackenzie.kelly@texsar.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE H-E-B PROVIDES GRANT TO TEXSAR IN SUPPORT OF WILDLAND FIREFIGHTING GEAR Austin, Texas, Thursday, September 6, 2012 –H-E-B presented TEXSAR with a check for $6,875 to support TEXSAR’s Wild land Firefighting Gear program. “The donation from our partners at H-E-B demonstrates the commitment to the communities they serve,” Greg Pyles, C.E.O. of TEXSAR, stated, “These critical funds enable our team to be ready to respond when our firefighter partners require assistance.” The...
Monday, September 3, 2012 — TEXSAR team members Greg Pyles, Shawn Hohnstreiter, Will Boettner, Chance Berry, Andy Anthony, Melissa Frederick, and Connor Byer returned home to Austin, Texas after their most recent deployment lasting 5 days. TEXSAR Team members left August 30th and worked thru September 2nd, working directly with residents that were affected by the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac in Louisiana. Team members worked in Slidell, St. Bernard Parish, and Braithwaite. During one of several missions, the team helped Dr. Christy Graves, a...
