Cargo Decontamination Unit

The design includes many features for safety, comfort, and protection for emergency responders and casualties. In its years of existence and re-development, hundreds of MMDU have been fielded by agencies around the world, with the original units still deployed in the field. The effective decontamination procedures, policies, and protocols used in the MMDU have been adopted by the World Health Organization among others. The MMDU comes standard with all the equipment necessary to operate ambulatory and non-ambulatory decontamination in all weather conditions.

The diesel fired integrated water/air management system is powerful enough to supply water heated from as low as 00C to +350° C to each of the two decontamination facilities within 2 minutes of turning the heater ignition key.

Cold water enters the unit, passes through the heat exchanger and is distributed to the decontamination facilities via 2 shower bars, each fitted with 4 showerheads per facility, at a constant 350° C temperature and a minimum flow rate of 15 litres per minute.

The heater can also provide a hot water supply up to 900° C for decontaminating itself, vehicles orequipment.

The heater also supplies hot air to the decontamination facilities.

The temperature controlled airflow can maintain an internal environment at 200° C even when the external temperature is below -200° C.

The heating system also creates an internal overpressure which exhausts out onto the dirty side preventing any build up of dangerous gases within the decontamination facility.

The Cargo Decontamination Unit box body provides storage for all elements of the system.

The box unit has two separate storage areas.

The forward stowage area houses the decontamination facility accessories such as the flooring, catchment pools and curtains.

It also provides stowage space for operator PPE.

The rear storage area houses the integrated water and hot air management system, the electric generator, the decontamination facility tent poles and all the ancillary items such as the stretcher stands and shower pallets.

A self-contained storage system.

A constant 35° C water supply at a flow rate of 120 litre per minute.

A warm deconatmination environment for casualty comfort.

Controlled air-flow that prevent the build up of dangerous vapours.

A straight line decontamination flow with segregated compartments that reduce the risk of cross contamination.

Simultaneous decontamination of ambulant and non-ambulant casualties.

All accessories to complete the decontamination task.