Municipal Vendor Show Observation Report

Each year, thousands of individuals from all over the world within the fire service flock to the Brayton Fire Training Field for the Annual Texas Fire Training Schools held in July. On the Sunday before each school, the annual vendor show is held to coincide with student registration. These vendors are given the chance to sell, demonstrate, and promote their brand and products to local and international firefighters.

The Marketing Office spends several months coordinating and preparing for these shows. Dedicating long hours to designing banners, signage, exhibitor manuals, and badges. There is also the task of coordinating and corresponding with prestigious clientele within the fire service. A few vendors that TEEX is proud to host each year

This year the Municipal Vendor Show is on Sunday July 24th 2016. The Municipal Vendor Shows have not always been this large. This show gained so much attention and demand that TEEX had to move the vendor show along with registration at the Memorial Student Center at Texas A&M University. Now with an even higher demand, TEEX has relocated the show to the largest available site to host as many vendors as possible. The vendor shows have gained so much attention that there are still waitlists each year for new vendors to attend. Apparatus vendors demonstrate and display their firetrucks and products in the parking lot and the floor of Reed Arena. Vendors selling merchandise are located around the concourse level and also fill up the Lower Level Gym Floor. All three shows are a success for TEEX. Not only the relationships with the leaders in the industries, but also as a way to promote the world class training that TEEX has to

It is a collective effort from TEEX employees across all divisions. With the help of numerous volunteers from within TEEX as a whole, the Vendor Shows would not be as successful and rewarding without them. With the combined effort of the TEEX staff as well as the strong relationships with leaders in the Industry, TEEX hopes to have more successful years to come!

Some great changes are on the way to help promote and strengthen the success of the vendor shows. The Marketing Staff is in the process of creating a webpage dedicated solely to the vendor show, located on the TEEX Website. This webpage will serve as a tool for vendors to view maps with their booth assignments as well as a place to find more information about the vendor shows. You can go check out the page at