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DECON SYSTEM New Standard of Transportable Solutions DECON REHAB HAZMAT Transportable Mass Casualty DECON SYSTEM New Standard of Transportable Solutions DECON REHAB HAZMAT Transportable Mass Casualty “ e ultimate in rugged dependable transportable containment equipment.” 1 Stainless steel, 2 External stainless 3 Instantaneous hot 4 Fabricated heavy- multinozzle, full body steel booms for non- water system with duty chassis and shower. Removable ambulatory or gross an optional solution frame construction stainless steel decon service. injection system. guarantee long life and rehab benches. low maintenance cost. Rugged dependable Begin with your needs and Roll-in ready transportable equipment. our experience. for business. Whatever your emergency We refuse to succumb to the one Time is precious during a mass containment needs, ACSI model fi ts all mentality. ACSI’s casualty incident and minimal has the right solution for your sales & engineering teams listen setup time for response gives your Decon, HazMat, Rehab, or & guide you to confi gure your unit team the advantage when tragedy Command Center needs. No from the ground up using a clean strikes. When your team arrives on other manufacturer offers you the slate. Staring fresh, you’re guided scene with an ACSI transportable engineering, designs, and industry through a large array of options for Decontamination unit you need experience available through ambulatory and non-ambulatory only fi re the heater and hook up Advanced Containment Systems Inc. confi gurations available to produce your water supply. You won’t be a unit that answers your unique rummaging around looking for performance requirements. components to your setup because it’s all integrated into one straight forward and dependable unit. Decontamination • HazMat • Rehab Units 5 Many sizes of gasoline 6 negative air machine 7 Stainless steel clothing 8 Fifth wheel or pull-behind and diesel generators will provide your staff chutes with barrier transport model available to fi t available for any need. with a needed barrier strips to eliminate all of your requirements. of protection for patient garment pandemic isolation. off-gassing. Exclusive State-of-the-art Serious Job Rhino™ chassis. manufacturing process. Serious Equipment The foundation of every ACSI ACSI’s twelve-step mfg. process The proven performance of Heavy-duty unit is our exclusive produces superior corrosion Decontamination units built by Rhino™ custom steel chassis protection by using high Advanced Containment Systems, system assuring a stable and quality materials, task specifi c Inc. is just what your team needs strong platform while delivering components, and meticulous to handle mass casualty incidents maximum load-carrying capacity. workmanship. Built from the with confi dence and effi ciency. The Rhino™ chassis support ground up. Regardless of the unit system transfers the stress of the you choose, it will be built from Fit your needs loads carried in the compartments scratch from the ground up by No two agency’s do things the to the frame rails of the chassis our expert team like hundreds of same way, that is why Advanced distributing the load to the heavy- units before it. We have more than Containment Systems Inc. offers duty axles and wheels. 250,000 sq. ft. in Houston, TX. you options that match your On-site training. Your ACSI Sales requirements and your team. Rep will make sure you get started on the right foot with your new equipment with expert support. Custom Trucks, Trailers, & Skids “Our entire team is behind you.” Photo by Jeff Mogush Photo by Jeff Mogush 1 Customized decontamination unit 2 Every decontamination unit ACSI builds is 3 Matching truck and trailer options designed for the decontamination expertly confi gured to integrate seamlessly into available to provide even more of mass quantities of contaminated your organizations emergency strategy plan. solutions to your specifi c needs. victims in a short period of time. 6 Whenever and wherever, ACSI’s 7 Hundreds of custom mass decontamination units 8 We walk you through every step, decontamination units will have you built for the U.S. Military are arguably becoming and provide complete training on up and running with in minutes, with the new standard in rapid deployable mobile gross every unit to ensure your team is trailers ranging from 10’ to 53’ we are decontamination vehicles, worldwide. ready when disaster hits. behind you. Decontamination • HazMat • Rehab Units 4 ACSI’s Decontamination skids are custom fi t to provide seamless 5 With endless options and confi gurations such as an integration into your existing building or hospital. Linking to your onboard berthing air system, ACSI has solutions that will existing infrastructure gives you all the resources of your facility with out give your organization the versatility it needs to get the the risk of contaminating your staff or patients. job done in the most effective manner. You can relax knowing ACSI is on the job. ACSI is committed to customer satisfaction and ACSI’s custom built mass casualty transportable support, and we’re always there for you twenty- decontamination units come in a variety of sizes, four hours a day seven days a week. You can layouts, confi gurations; and offer features & rest assured knowing that our entire team is options that are simply not available anywhere behind you always. else in the industry! Hospital Skid Features • One Piece seamless Aluminum Roof Construction • ACSI SealSkin™ Sealed Seamless Interior • ACSI Rhino™ Custom Chassis Platform • A-PEX™ Plumbing System • Roof Mounted Air Intake • Separate Entry and Exit Doors with Door Locks • Custom Sized HVAC System • Vapor Proof, Water Resistant Fluorescent Lighting with Positive Latched Diffusers • HD Full Length Hinged Side Exterior Doors Optional Solutions 1 Unlike ordinary space 2 The HeatWave’s rugged 3 The Versa Heat II’s 4 PC-5 &PC-7 units have been designed to be easily heaters the Sure Heat square tubing steel microprocessor con- inter linked to form multiple unit conveyor lines. Its 900 utilizes a true frame construction & trolled weatherproof high quality ball bearing roller assembly can carry over commercial grade heavy duty wheels, digital temperature 400 lbs of weight per section. forced air fl ame retention make these units controller, precisely burner system for easy to load, unload modulates outlet tem- greater combustion and transport.* perature for unrivaled effi ciency & reliability. user comfort. Sure Heat 900 Versi Heat & Heat Wave PC-5 & PC-7 ACSI’s most powerful, heavy-duty Portable diesel or propane Quick deployment modular portable diesel fi red fresh-air space fi red water heaters have been patient conveyor system can be heater. Unlike a conventional designed with simplicity of assembled in under a minute by space heater Sure Heat 900 operation and economy in mind. simply spreading its two rugged does not direct toxic exhaust Their rugged square tubing steel “H” frame legs & locking the by-products into the area to be frame construction and heavy duty angled struts. PC-5 &PC-7 units warmed. An internal high-effi ciency wheels, make these units easy to have been designed to be easily stainless steel heat exchanger load, unload and transport. A high inter linked to form multiple unit allows combustion by-products to effi ciency heavy-duty ¾” schedule conveyor lines. Its high quality ball exit safely via a separate exhaust 40 heat exchanger enable these bearing roller assembly can carry stack thus effectively isolating units to deliver high water fl ows over 400 lbs of weight per section. the incoming fresh air from the with minimal pressure drop, at A convenient integral spring loaded combustion process. The result up to 50˚ of temperature rise! A carrying handle makes the unit is fresh, safe, clean comfortable microprocessor controlled state easy to transport. warm air. Also unlike ordinary of the art weatherproof digital space heaters Sure Heat 900 temperature controller with LED ACSI halogen Light utilizes a true commercial grade readout and factory protected Are the perfect solution for forced air fl ame retention burner settings, precisely modulates incident illumination. The light system for greater combustion outlet temperature for unrivaled heads are completely adjustable effi ciency & reliability. Sure Heat user comfort. Redundant fl ow and as is the telescopic mast. A wide 900’s digitemp microprocessor temperature safety valves and tripod base gives these units controlled safety & temperature a ground fault circuit interrupter great stability. control system not only provides supply cord are among the many intelligent temperature control but safety features found on these protects the unit from elevated units. Diesel fi red versions come temperatures due to discharge standard with a 5 gallon heavy constrictions or blockage. Sure duty removable steel jerry can fuel Heat 900 can be operated on tank and quick coupled fuel supply Diesel, Kerosene, #1, #2 Fuel Oil, lines for easy refueling. Units are JP4 or JP8 fuel. available in 120 VAC or 12 VDC versions. Accessories • Heaters • Showers 5 Sure Clean VI is a rapid 6 Sure Clean I is a self 7 The Sure Clean HFS is 8 The FA700-HFA is 9 The FA2000 is our most deployment, portable contained compact a heavy duty collapsible a full feature HEPA powerful full feature modular decontamina- portable two zone portable shower that air purifi cation and HEPA air purifi cation tion shower system ideal shower system. All telescopes to a sturdy pressure control unit and pressure control unit for two line multi-zone components are stored full-size Stainless steel designed for hospital designed for high power level “A” gross decon. within its lightweight shower when deployed. isolation rooms and portability in a rugged no- heavy-duty vinyl bag. other emergency nonsense package. medical environments. Sure Clean Showers Accessories ACSI’s answer to portable, Sure Clean systems come ACSI manufactures a full line of modular decontamination shower equipped with high strength gross-decon hand tools such as systems. Their rugged schedule polyethylene elevation grids, soft bristle telescopic fl ow-through 80 PVC tubular frames are full body shower booms with brushes, light & heavyduty shower assembled in minutes by a single stainless steel nozzles, quick wands with integral control valves.
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