GlobalMedic
PAKISTAN, REMOTE MOUNTAINS OF BAGH
FIELD HOSPITAL CUSTOM
JAKARTA, INDONESIA
2 X 22’ X 42’ FIELD HOSPITALS, 30 FT DOMES
PHILIPPINES
46’ X 46’ FIELD HOSPITAL
BANGLADESH
22’ X 42’
SRI LANKA
22’ X 42’
HAITI
22’ X 42’, 30’ DOME
GlobalMedic is a registered Canadian charity that has provided disaster relief and humanitarian aid since 2002. Since its creation, GlobalMedic has responded to 236 disasters in 78 countries benefitting approximately 3.6 million people. GlobalMedic’s goal is to get the right aid to the right people at the right time. GlobalMedic respond with emergency workers and professional, skilled volunteers to help deliver programs to those who need it most.
“Our team knows that its gear is the best the world has to offer and will be there to help people in their time of need.”
RAHUL SINGH, DIRECTOR, EMERGENCY PROGRAMS DMGF
Challenge
GlobalMedic contacted Dynamic Air Shelters as it required response shelters that are highly portable, rapidly deployable, and easy to install. GlobalMedic work with volunteers and local aid, often with language barriers, to install the systems so a simple and efficient system was critical. Significant attention to security and safety was required as the environments where GlobalMedic were responding to were often compromised.
Planning
The requirements of GlobalMedic relating to the remote locations the shelters would need to be deployed to led Dynamic to design a lightweight and easily packaged, portable system that can be deployed using only manpower. The solution can be transported various ways, including by light weight vehicles and helicopters. When combined with our simplistic installation methods, Dynamic’s colorcoded system provides a universally understandable method for building which ensures the shelter can be erected quickly and with limited training or understanding.
Solution
The bespoke, lightweight, and colorcoded design and delivery of Dynamic’s Emergency Response shelters were provided along with appropriate training. One day of training delivered by Dynamic Air Shelters to a series of volunteers allowed GlobalMedic to deliver a complete aid program globally to hard hit and vulnerable areas.
Outcome and Benefits
The shelters we have provided to GlobalMedic have been deployed dozens of times to many disasters over the course of several years. These responses included immediate responses and long-term aid solutions that provided infrastructure where communities have been compromised.
Dynamic Air Shelters have allowed GlobalMedic to complement their food, water, and healthcare initiatives with a secure shelter system.
WHAT OUR CLIENTS HAVE TO SAY…
“GlobalMedic would like to take this opportunity to convey how impressed we are with your inflatable field hospitals. GlobalMedic is the operational arm of the David McAntony Gibson Foundation (DMGF), a registered Canadian charity that runs capacity building programs in post conflict nations and provides disaster relief services to large scale catastrophes around the world. GlobalMedic operates a Rapid Response Team (RRT) that uses professional rescuers including police officers, firefighters, and paramedics who volunteer their time. The RRT runs 3 modules of deployable units: a Rescue Unit, a Water Purification Unit, and an Emergency Medical Unit. Our Rapid Response Teams have deployed Dynamic Field Hospitals to several disaster zones around the world. Following the Pakistan earthquake in 2005 the team transported, set up and donated a field hospital that was used to treat patients in the remote mountains of Bagh. During the LebanonIsrael Conflict, GlobalMedic used a smaller field hospital as a mobile clinic and command centre. After the flooding in Jakarta, Indonesia in February of 2007, two field hospitals shelters were deployed and donated. A GlobalMedic team responded to the devastation following Typhoon Durian in the Philippines. Our field hospital withstood a second Typhoon that roared through the region and provided shelter to many stranded civilians. We are excited to receive our latest field hospitals. Our team knows that its gear is the best the world has to offer and will be there to help people in their time of need.”