Press Releases

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.

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.

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.