About Tx-TERT

In June of 2006, National APCO and NENA selected a team of 9-1-1 professionals to develop a model recommendation for emergency deployment for telecommunicators.  The team, called the National Joint TERT Initiative (NJTI), developed training curriculum for instructors, facilitators, and students with nationwide standardization as the goal.  The mission, completed in May 2007, parallels strict FEMA and NIMS guidelines.

From this, development for TX-TERT began with a steering committee.

• Develop a TX-TERT Advisory Board
• Develop Regional Coordinators
  • Regional Coordinators develop sub-committees consisting of representatives from COGS, Districts, Home Rule Cities, and individual agencies that may want to participate.
  • Develop County Coordinators
    • Identify agencies who agree to participate maintain TERT compliance standards
• Develop instructors and facilitators
  • Implement training state-wide of the NJTI training curriculum

For more information, see

• TERT Action Plan, 2007 [PDF]
• Memorandum of Understanding between Texas Emergency Management and TX-TERT, 2007 [PDF]
• NJTI PPT Presentation [PDF]
• TX-TERT History
• Standard for Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce (TERT) Deployment (APCO/NENA American National Standard 1.105.1-2009) [PDF]

Mission Statement

In partnership, the National Emergency Number Association and the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International are dedicated to the development of a nationally recognized certification program for telecommunicator mutual aid response in the aftermath of disasters, providing information as to operational deployment of Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce (TERT) programs and taking a leadership role in assisting governmental agencies in the development of TERT-style programs at the regional, state and local levels.