A preliminary test of Fibertect® on the soiled beaches of Grand Isle, La., has proven it successful at picking up the oily paste washing ashore at beaches and marshes across the Gulf State region.
As workers battle the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and officials attempt to decontaminate a clam boat that dredged up old munitions containing mustard gas, a Texas Tech University researcher said his product Fibertect® can handle both dirty jobs.
Chantilly, VA – Fibertect, a three-layer flexible, inert, nonwoven, non-particulate decontamination system that has been proven to be successful in absorbing and adsorbing chemical warfare agents, may now prove useful in recovery efforts in the British Petroleum (BP) Deepwater Horizon disaster and other oil spills of similar size and severity. Fibertect was developed by Texas Tech University’s Institute of Environmental and Human Health Associate Professor Seshadri Ramkumar and is manufactured by Hobbs Bonded Fibers for First Line Technology.
Chantilly, VA – First Line Technology, a small business provider of Out of the Box Solutions, has partnered with Louis M. Gerson and Co. to deliver high-quality N95, N99, and N100 respirators that are made in the United States of America. First Line will use its contract vehicles to supply the government with respirators for all hazards preparedness, specifically H1N1, avian influenza, and pandemic influenza preparedness.
Chantilly, VA – First Line Technology, LLC and CarbonX Non-Flammable Fabrics (a product of Chapman Innovations) have joined together to bring first responders the future of fire-fighting cooling apparel. With PhaseCore an environmentally friendly phase change material (PCM), to cool and CarbonX, a non-flammable fabric, to protect the user from burn-related injuries, the new PhaseCore line of CarbonX FR Cooling Vests substantially lower the risks of injury or death to firefighters and other first responders.
Chantilly, VA – Dallas County Schools (DCS) in Texas has taken the next steps toward preparing for disasters. DCS officials have just received 10 AmbuBus kits that will help the city respond in case of natural or man-made disaster, pandemic, or widespread evacuation. The AmbuBus kits are from First Line Technology, LLC, a small business supplier of Out of the Box Solutions based in the Washington, D.C. metro area.
Jackson, MS - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) has partnered with the Mississippi State Department of Education, individual school districts and several County Emergency Management Agencies in a new program called “AmbuBus” to help provide mass patient evacuations in the event of a public health emergency such as a hurricane.
Source: Mississippi State Department of Health
