FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Issued from Alameda, California August 15, 2006

FullScale Disaster Relief
1501 Viking Avenue
Alameda, California USA 94501
925.254.6579 fax
www.fsep.net

SMALL CALIFORNIA DISASTER RELIEF COMPANY INTRODUCES THE "ERV1", THE FUTURE OF DISASTER RESPONSE SHELTER SYSTEMS

Imagine total devastation and like air-bags in a car crash, pre-installed safe villages are popping up throughout the city, with information, first aid, warmth, a bed.

Everyone is facing an increasingly volatile and unpredictable global environment, natural and otherwise. Many U.S. city governments are scrambling to update and develop new emergency response programs to answer the immediate needs of its citizens if dealt a major crisis. As experienced with recent disastrous events there's no telling how long it will take federal response systems to be on-site. Federal grants for preparation have been in place, but as time passes keep going mostly untouched in places like San Francisco where what to do exactly with the funds are still unclear. Federal mandates to figure it out are also in place, now major U.S. cities must be prepared for a host of possible emergency scenarios, including total disasters where their entire regions may be devastated and needing stabilization.

With focused efforts on improving the quickness, versatility and effectiveness of emergency response shelter systems in particular, San Francisco Bay Area-based company, FullScale Disaster Relief (FSDR) steps up to offer a new and innovative disaster support tool - the ERV1. Short for "Emergency Relief Village", the ERV1 is a shelter system designed and constructed with the latest technology in Inflatable Structures. The ground-hugging domes look like something you would see on the moon - aerodynamic pods glowing in the night, like "a beacon to those in need". A Command Center, Medical Center, Information/Media Center, and Beds” all within one compact "village" configured into a complete perimeter safe zone. The ERV1 isn't just a bunch a fluff either, toughness and technology are balanced together with optional levels of insulation and air filtration capabilities. The ERV1 design team had well in mind issues related to contemporary threats like pandemics, biological warfare, and chemical disasters. With it's modular design, when Quarantine space is required individual sections can be sealed and secured or quickly converted to decontamination facilities.

Concerns of many emergency planners worldwide is not just having the ability to respond to one disastrous event, but to the possibility of a succession of disaster events. In the likely scenario that a disaster will occur during extreme weather, the ERV's 'igloo design' can withstand 80 mph winds and safely shed away rain, snow, and even ice. Safety is optimized by an air-frame that has no metal supports or parts that could cause further injury from successive events. The structural columns are qualified as 'Seismic Wave Deflective', making it adaptable to uneven or moving terrain (aftershocks). The metal-free design is also Blast Rated, which means a higher degree a safety in situations that may continue to be volatile with explosive elements (broken or weakened gas lines).

It's not hard to imagine this system realistically in place, and giving peace of mind to emergency agencies, service workers and thousands and thousands of people worldwide.