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Queensland USAR Counter Terrorism Exercise

2008-06-25

Queensland Department of Emergency Services, Australia Emergency Magazine, April 2007

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WakeMed Disaster Readiness Unit

2008-01-29

By Sabrina Zimring RALEIGH -- Thursday WakeMed's campus showed off its state of the art disaster response equipment. WakeMed provided the tour to visiting federal health officials who were in town to see how the Triangle-area is utilizing federal grant money. "What we have set up today is...

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Providence Vernonia Clinic Reopens as Rebuilding Continues

2007-12-13

Gary Walker, VERNONIA, Ore. – The doors have reopened following the flood at Providence Medical Group’s Vernonia clinic – thanks to the deployment of some heavy-duty emergency tents that will allow Providence to provide care while the clinic’s building is being repaired. These aren’t...

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Disaster Teams Try Out New Tools

2007-11-09

Juneau Emergency Responders Practice with Surgical Unit by Greg Skinner/Juneau Empire It took a group of Southeast Alaska disaster responders just eight minutes to put up a 20-foot vinyl octagon capable of housing a mobile surgical unit inside Centennial Hall on Thursday. It was their first...

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Western Shelter Mobility Systems Expansion

2007-11-09

Western Shelter Systems has expanded its trailer customization capabilities with additional manufacturing space and a dedicated workforce of experienced trailer and motor coach manufacturers. In recent years, many Western Shelter customers...

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Hospital Pitches Tent Shelter for Practice

2007-09-07

By Tim Christie The Register-Guard Published: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 - It's 1,500 square feet of vinyl sheeting, Velcro and aluminum framework that, in the event of a disaster, could become the community's first line of response. It's an emergency...

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SNAPTANK Patent for Portable Water Tank Awarded

2007-07-01

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Michigan Chooses 100-Bed GateKeeper

2007-06-16

Region 2 South Medical Bio Defense Network in conjunction with Michigan’s Office of Public Health...

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Ryan Davidson Joins Crew Boss™ as National Sales for Fire

2007-05-10

Ryan Davidson has joined the Crew Boss Team to manage all sales through the company’s wildland and interface fire distribution partners.

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Top Disaster Response States Choose GateKeeper

2007-04-09

Nationally-recognized disaster response experts continue to choose Western Shelter and GateKeeper to provide complete, interoperable mobile emergency response shelter systems for their states.

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8 Portable Hospitals Expand Medical Surge Capacity

2007-02-20

Delivery began this week on North Carolina's State Medical Assistance Team (SMAT) Type II portable hospital units to eight of the state’s trauma centers. The units will be delivered over the next six months...

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Civilian Volunteers Deploy 210-Bed Field Hospital

2006-10-06

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Western Shelter Systems is Seeking Applications

2006-07-17

Western Shelter Systems, a fast-growing, ISO-registered company and a leading manufacturer of disaster response shelters and wildland fire fighting clothing and equipment, is now seeking quality applications for positions in...

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Preparing For Mass Casualty Response

2006-05-18

When FEMA disaster response teams arrive onsite, team members bring their own base of operations with them. Completely self-contained, team members live and work in Western Shelter’s octagon-shaped shelters for weeks at a time. Whether the mission is...

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Western Shelter Increases Production for Katrina Support

2005-09-12

Within hours of hurricane Katrina striking the Gulf Coast, Western Shelter Systems shifted its entire production of emergency response shelters and logistical equipment to support responding agencies providing relief to the hurricane survivors. Health & Human Services and FEMA requested all...

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Crew Boss™ ProTech-T Shirt Protects Fire Fighters.

2005-07-21

Now available, The ProTech-T™ Shirt is the first fire fighter's T-shirt that won’t melt, dries...

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Hamilton County Ohio Acquires 210-Bed Field Hospital

2005-04-27

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Hawaii Selects GateKeeper Field Hospitals

2005-04-26

In the event of a Bioterrorism or pandemic flu outbreak, or other mass casualty incident,

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Immediate Delivery of Brief Relief™ Personal Hygiene Kits

2005-01-18

In order to assure NDMS, FEMA, and other emergency responding customers of immediate availability of Brief Relief personal hygiene kits and supplies, Western Shelter has committed to a long-term stocking and distribution agreement...

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GATEKEEPER™ Supports Emergency Health Care Response

2004-12-28

GATEKEEPER™ Portable Hospital Shelters Support Bioterrorism and Other Local Emergency Health Care...

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Crew Boss™ Pants Dual Certified to NFPA 1977 and 1975.

2004-12-23

Just in time for the ’05 catalogs, Western Shelter has been notified that its industry-leading Crew Boss BDU fire pants have been dual certified by Underwriters Laboratories for use as both stationwear and wildland wear.

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