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The City of Corpus Christi is leading the state with the implemenation of the new emergency tool called the Ambubus.
Originally published as part of CCTV Corpus Christi.
Reporting by Kim Womack, Public Communications Director (City of Corpus Christi).
Authorities in Kentucky are making use of old school buses that are being turned into ambulances. Each one can carry up to 18 patients, which officials say will be of great help in case of a major accident or disaster.
Originally Published in the Paducah (KY) Sun.
Reporting by Shelley Byrne.
Re-reported by the Associated Press.
Chantilly, VA (April 25, 2012) – First Line Technology, LLC, the 2012 National Defense Industrial Association Small Business Success Story Winner, announced last week that the company was awarded a contract for Joint Sensitive Equipment Wipes from the Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) Contracting Center, Natick Contracting Division (Natick, MA) in support of the Joint Project Manager for Protection (JMP P) and the Decontamination Family of Systems (DFoS) Program.
A school bus goes from serving the three 'R's to serving the E.R.
Media: WPSD Local 6 (Paducah, KY)
DRAFFENVILLE (KY) – Marshall County will add an “ambu-bus,” a jumbo ambulance which can transport as many as 18 injured or disabled people, to its emergency response arsenal.
First responders may face a range of chemical threats, including chemical warfare agents and toxic industrial chemicals. To deal with what could be an unknown threat, responders require a flexible, inexpensive, and broad-spectrum protective fabric system. The Technical Support Working Group, a U.S. government agency, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), facilitated the development and testing of Fibertect®, a fabric encapsulated, activated-carbon, dry decontaminant product, commercially available from First Line Technology LLC, Chantilly, Va.
Publication: Bob Johnson's Toughbook Stuff
A new "ambubus," a bus-sized ambulance designed to deal with mass casualty incidents, was put into service for towns in the Central Mass. region on Thursday.
Publication: The Daily Grafton (Mass.)
Reporter: Lindsay Corcoran
The Central Region Homeland Security Advisory Council (CRHSAC) and the Worcester Regional Transit Authority (WRTA) recently joined together to provide a new piece of equipment, the AmbuBus, to the Central Region Homeland Security emergency services. The Merrimack Valley Transit Authority converted the bus.
Publication: Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission Newsletter (Sept. 2011)
DeSoto County school bus No. 108 wasn't full of kids Friday morning. Instead, the interior featured a series of horizontal inter-frame connectors, angled header bars and ceiling pressure mounts...It was a trial run of the AmbuBus, and through a grant provided by the Mississippi Department of Health, the county's emergency management agency has teamed up with the Magnolia State's largest school district to showcase a premier solution to disaster preparedness.
Publication: The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) at Texas Tech University (TTU), Lubbock, Texas, has received a $1.1 million research award from the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command to continue funding the Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr. National Program for Countermeasures to Biological and Chemical Threats.
Publication: Textile World
Washington Business Journal’s top 40 Under 40 business leaders of 2011.
The North Dakota Department of Health hosted a public educational meeting about emergency preparedness activities[, which include the AmbuBus (Bus Stretcher Conversion Kit)]. The meeting was held through videoconference and teleconference so people from across the state could listen in.
Publication: Minot Daily News
Writer: Katina Tengesdal
Street Crews reveiwed the AmbuBus (Bus Stretcher Conversion Kit), which they refer to here as a Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) Bus. Here's what they had to say:
"Mass casualty transport brings to mind lines of ambulances moving patients from a disaster scene to area hospitals. Recent natural disasters, such as the tornado in Joplin Mo., have demonstrated the need for resources to evacuate entire hospitals that have been damaged. The largest expense for this type of resource is the specialty vehicle chassis, which often has to be custom built to handle the number of patients desired. The No Notice AmbuBus from First Line Technology converts a standard school bus to a transport-capable vehicle that can accomodate 18 patients, six operators and their meidcal support equipment. Because this is a palletized, bolt-on conversion, it's also reconfigurable in the field and transferable in the event of vehicle malfunction."
Publication: JEMS
Fibertect®, a decontamination technology developed by researchers at Texas Tech, was one of seven new innovations featured in National Guard Magazine that already is proving its worth to improve National Guard response time to domestic incidents.
Publication: Texas Tech Today
Writer: John Davis
Whether it's an accident at a chemical plant or a terrorist attack, the Guard has to be ready to decontaminate victims.
Textiles have been used by the cleaning industry for centuries to mope, wipe, scrub, polish, and dust. However, today's messes pose challenges for a while new generation of textiles to tackle...
Industry representatives discuss their products supporting post-incident decontamination of personnel and material in the hot zone - including a few First Line Tech products!
Publication: CST & CBRNE Sourcebook (Tactical Defense Media)
Reporter: Marty Kauchak
Stafford County Fire Department's AmbuBus, Bus-Stretcher Conversion Kit, was on the scene of the May 31 early morning bus accident that killed 4 and injured dozens more passengers. The Mobile Ambulance Bus transported 7 patients - 5 more than a traditional ambulance has the capacity to transport.
Publication: StaffordFireRescue.com
Reporter: Executive Officer Mark Doyle
Chantilly, VA – First Line Technology, LLC, a small-business supplier of “Out of the Box Solutions” for first responders and military, has been certified to ISO 9001:2008 standard. The globally recognized ISO 9001:2008 certification requires a rigorous independent audit of the organization’s processes and people. First Line received this designation to confirm that the organization’s solutions meet international standards for quality policies and objectives.
Publication: Domestic Preparedness
Publication: News On 6 (Oklahoma's Own)
Reporter: Dan Bewley
Chantilly, VA (June 6, 2011) – First Line Technology, LLC, a small-business supplier of “Out of the Box Solutions” for first responders and military, has been certified to ISO 9001:2008 standard. The globally recognized ISO 9001:2008 certification requires a rigorous independent audit of the organization’s processes and people. First Line received this designation to confirm that the organization’s solutions meet international standards for quality policies and objectives.
Publication: JEMS CE
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Chantilly, VA (April 21, 2011) – The City of Memphis (Tenn.) Fire Department, in cooperation with the Memphis/Shelby County Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) recently purchased an AmbuBus (Bus Stretcher Conversion Kit) for mass casualty transport and care in anticipation of potential disasters including earthquakes, as the city is located on the New Madrid fault line. Memphis public health leaders are eager to protect citizens from and care for them after devastating disasters like the March 2011 magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Memphis is just one of the most recent additions of localities and municipalities that incorporate First Line Technology’s AmbuBus into their disaster preparedness plans.
Publication: Lubbuck Avalanche-Journal
;Program: EATEL Community Connection with Jenny Heroman
Publication: National Guard News
Publication: Specialty Fabrics Review
Publication: Textile World
Publication: The Daily Toreador (Texas Tech University)
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.
Publication: News 8 Austin (TX)
Publication: JEMS Magazine
View the article. (AmbuRamp is #22)
Publication: AscensionParish.net
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.
Publication: MassTransit
Source: Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples Blog
Publication: CNN's iReport
The United States Environmental Protection Agency has approved Fibertect® Cotton Soaking (FBT-CS).
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.
Publication: GreeningOfOil.com
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.
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Savannah, GA
Publication: EMSReponder.com
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.
Publication: WDAM, NBC 7 (Laurel, MS)
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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
The AmbuBus is mentioned in Homeland Security Today. Mississippi Department of Health prepares for hurricane season with Ambubus. The AmbuBus is mentioned on page 22 (pages 24-25 in the viewer).
Publication: Homeland Security Today
Publication: WOAI
Publication: Government Product News
Publication: Defense Update
Publication: US Embassy - Nicosia, Cyprus
Publication: Law Enforcement Product News
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