The US&R Full-Scale Exercise (FSE) Program is designed for Type 1 and 3 task forces, strike teams, heavy and light structural collapse teams, and other emergency response teams that require full-scale scenarios to test their response capabilities. TEEX US&R provides yearly operational readiness exercises for Texas Task Force One and other regional US&R teams from around the state of Texas. Additionally, TEEX US&R provides full-scale exercises for international and Department of Defense teams based on their specific requirements.

TEEX US&R and Disaster City® provide full-scale exercise scenarios to test and evaluate a team based on their required goals. Each exercise provides the teams with scenarios designed to prepare them to successfully respond to various types of incidents, including a structural collapse, natural disaster, or chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosive (CBRNE) incident.

Each scenario is designed using objectives provided by the contracting jurisdiction. FSE’s are designed around current revisions to the National Response Framework and National Incident Management Systems (NIMS). All FSE’s require jurisdictions to follow all NIMS principles and the Incident Command System (ICS).

US&R FSE’s are specifically designed to meet a jurisdiction’s mission to accomplish specific requirements on the Target Capabilities List (TCL) and the Universal Task List (UTL), as well as meeting requirements of the appropriate National Planning Scenarios and National Preparedness Goal priorities.

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