Firefighter Training & Academic Opportunity Across The RGV

South Texas College provides opportunities of continuing education wherever it is needed, serving the entire Rio Grande Valley. Recently, instructors from the Regional Center of Public Safety Excellence (RCPSE) visited Starr County to share their knowledge in car fire and rescue with firefighters from the region. STC Image Texas Border Business RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas – South Texas College provides opportunities of continuing education wherever it is needed, serving the entire Rio Grande Valley. Recently, instructors from the Regional Center of Public Safety Excellence (RCPSE) visited Starr County to share their knowledge in car fire and rescue with firefighters from the region. Fire Science instructors conducted a training at STC’s Starr County campus where firefighters from Rio Grande City, Roma and Palmview were shown how to safely use the car fire simulator that STC fire cadets train with so they can later use it to also train their department firefighters. – Advertisement – “Most of the training props that STC acquires for training are mobile because we want to transport them wherever they’re needed,” said Robert Vela, campus coordinator for the Regional Center. “We want these resources to not only be available to our students but to every fire […]

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