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A DRASH TMSS Large

DRASH (Deployable Rapid Assembly Shelter) is a portable geodesic shelter that can be set up after arriving on site with no special tools. The structure is supported by composite struts.

Design

DRASH shelters have footprints from 109 sq ft (10.1 m2) up to 1,250 sq ft (116 m2). Each DRASH shelter comes with flooring and ground covers manufactured from

HMMWV
.

History

DHS Systems founder and CEO A. Jon Prusmack began building DRASH shelters after being inspired by pop-up geodesic domes he came across at trade shows.[1] He founded the company in 1984 and DRASH shelters quickly started to be purchased by military units for use as command posts, tactical operations centers, communications centers, battalion aid stations, and forward surgical support stations.[2]

In 2004, the

Carlyle Group invested in DHS Systems and formed its new parent company DHS Technologies.[3]
In 2009, it was reported that the company was working on a line of shelters/generators that better matched power supply to demand.


Military use

The

United States Military and NATO are using DRASH shelters in place of the various tents and shelters used in the past. The Department of Defense has awarded DRASH several contracts.[4]

Most notably, in 2008, the U.S. Army contracted DRASH manufacturer DHS Systems and Northrop Grumman Corporation to provide a family of trailer-mounted support systems under its Standard Integrated Command Post System (SICPS) program. Under the contract, DHS is manufacturing DRASH shelters, while Northrop will be responsible for program management and integrated logistics support.[5]

DRASH shelters have been deployed extensively since the beginning of the wars in

Afghanistan. DRASH is also currently in use with troops stationed around the world, including the Third Army in Kuwait,[6] and Joint Task Force Bravo's Mobile Surgical Team in Honduras.[7] DRASH has logistics teams on site in Iraq, Kuwait, Germany and Eastern Europe
. These teams do all of the repair and support work for the shelters, generators and trailers.

Civilian use

Hurricane Katrina caused a surge of interest in DRASH shelters. In Louisiana, an emergency medical team used a DRASH shelter as a mobile hospital.[8] In Mississippi, DRASH shelters were used as living quarters for the State Police aiding victims of the disaster. DRASH shelters have been deployed following hurricanes across the Gulf region, as well as for other civilian operations around the country.

In 2006, the state of

2009 flu pandemic.[10] Additionally, international agencies have purchased DRASH to support emergency response. In the summer of 2009, the Brazilian State of Rio de Janeiro purchased two DRASH mobile field hospitals to be deployed during large-scale emergencies.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Creative Genius | The Journal News". LoHud.com. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
  2. ^ "Rapidly Deployable Structures In Collective Protection Systems" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
  3. ^ "Carlyle Group". Defense Industry VC PE. Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
  4. ^ [1] Archived December 30, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "NG, DHS Technologies to support SICPS/TMSS". UPI.com. 2008-06-18. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
  6. ^ "Smaller, Faster, Better". News. DVIDS. 2010-01-30. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
  7. ^ "United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) - NEWS". Southcom.mil. 2009-12-14. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
  8. ^ "Medical News: Doctors Within Borders". Public Health & Policy, Public Health. MedPage Today. September 2006. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
  9. ^ http://www.reevesems.com/userfiles/File/News/emsinsidersummer06.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  10. ^ "Kids with H1N1 Camp Out at Hospital". CBS News. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
  11. ^ [2][dead link]

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