Search in Big Bend to Rescue a Lost Hiker The December issue of the Texas Division of Emergency Management newsletter, Texas Emergency Management Online, includes a featured article about TEXSAR. As the article mentions, 2013 has been a busy year for TEXSAR. During the first 10 months of 2013 TEXSAR responded to 12 deployments, 5 planned events and provided formal, certified training to 7 agencies. The deployments have ranged from Big Bend to North Texas to Central Texas and Galveston. TEXSAR is proud...
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...
