The ICHS explores the entire range of homeland security activities; identifies research, educational, and outreach needs; and helps match them against the world class capabilities of Texas A&M University in a way that promotes national level visibility, attracts outside resources and support, and encourages inside cooperation and collaboration.
The Taxonomy for Education and eXploration features more than 9,000 key online documents that represent the best in homeland security studies, filed under 21 categories. TEX is expanded and updated daily by Deputy Director Laura Spencer and her team of graduate research assistants.
Disaster City is a 52-acre training facility,that delivers the full array of skills and techniques needed by todays emergency response professionals. Located at Texas A&M University, the mock community features full-scale, collapsible structures designed to simulate various levels of disaster and wreckage that can be customized for the specific training needs of any group. In this video, we get a guided tour of Disaster City from Bob McKee, director of Texas Task Force One.
KAMU 90.9 FM and ICHS produce two weekly radio programs, which we also issue as podcasts via Texas A&M's iTunes U.
"Homeland Security: Inside & Out": Our one-hour program featuring
interviews with key leaders at the federal, state and local levels of
government, plus senior leaders in the private sector, academic community, and
national press.
