Four of our members completed the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Train the Trainer course this week held by the Texas Department of Emergency Management (TDEM) and FEMA. This new training capability allows TEXSAR to assist rural jurisdictions and volunteer fire departments as well as “Teen Cert” programs in area high schools to create, train and maintain CERT programs that will provide them with “force multipliers” to respond to large incidents and assist with...
TEXSAR has a new “Home” for meetings and training! The Austin Firefighters Association (AFA) has graciously invited us to hold our meetings in the AFA Union Hall located at 7537 Cameron Road, Austin, Texas 78752. We will adjust our meeting schedule to not conflict with their meetings and are very much looking forward to having the use of this great facility! ...
FIREWISE assessments by our members that have been certified by the Texas Forest Service are continuing, with a very large request from a community located near Lake Austin. We will be working with the Texas Forest Service to get this important safety work done in the near future. ...
This weekend TEXSAR aided in training the Texas State Guard Maritime Regiment critical land search and rescue skills at Camp Swift in Bastrop County. Maritime regiment trains for rescues: kxan.com ...
LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) – The family of a missing woman is waiting to find out if a body pulled from Lake Travis is Eleanor Pearce, 58, who disappeared February 18 from her home less than half a mile from where the body was discovered near the 9800 block of Trails End Road. ...
