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 So how did JHB Group, a fire safety equipment manufacturer, start creating mobile trailers for COVID testing and vaccination at short notice? Well, switching products can be faster that you might imagine, but it’s certainly not the easiest thing to do! In March 2020, the JHB team needed to figure out a solution for the future of JHB Group. With short-notice government lockdowns causing every fire department, government agency and county office to shut its doors, the primary market for our custom built fire safety simulators had instantly vanished! We were suddenly about to have a business with NO customers or income! And if we didn’t do something, and do it quickly, we’d also have no business going forward! So how did we keep JHB Group running and save our team’s jobs? We made a quick decision, to pivot! We shifted from manufacturing fire safety simulators to manufacturing health incident trailers for Covid-19 testing and vaccination. We worked 18+ hour days for weeks on end to design and manufacture an effective mobile trailer that would safely and effectively test for COVID-19. The good news is, that by repurposing our production line it maintained, and even increased ten-fold (!) our output since Covid-19 started! It’s just over a year ago we knew nothing about creating sanitized health trailers for a pandemic emergency, and now we’re making 40+ trailers with new orders coming in every week, relocating to an airplane hanger because we ran out of space! It’s pretty incredible! And the best part is it helps a much bigger battle - of beating this pandemic!! But then, once the threat of sudden financial ruin eased, the actual process of manufacturing the health incident trailer proved to be a challenge in itself! Sourcing suddenly scarce materials is one issue. Although we quickly built-up our production team (still in need of more workers), they’re often at a standstill, waiting for parts and materials to arrive. Getting ahold of plywood, cables, appliances, lighting, electronics, etc are a daily hurtle. Now we’re spending a large amount of time, just working with the supply chain to make sure that we’re using as many readily available components so that we can make health trailers as fast as humanly possible. But many times production still gets stalled due to delayed deliveries, and COVID break-outs causing factories to close or become short-handed for staff. Then, even after sorting out all the design and production for the health incident trailers, getting the trailers modified for COVID vaccination administering. Initially, our health trailers were designed for COVID testing, and general emergency purposes and now that we have vaccines, we’ve had to modify the design of the health trailer, as well as ALL of the health trailers currently in production! Now that our health trailers have been re-designed over and over more than a dozen times, we’re excited to have developed such a rapid Covid-19 innovation that is also operate as a multi-functional emergency management vehicle. Our health incident trailer can be used for a myriad of emergency situations such as; tornado and severe weather response, surveillance, vaccinations and a multitude of things in-between! Find out more about our health and emergency trailers at: https://bit.ly/3mow7cd Leave a comment and let us know your thoughts on our latest health incident trailer design!
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(Cheyenne, WY) The 90th CES/CEF Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base took delivery of the most innovative fire safety simulator ever built for the USAF featuring new training systems with an all-ages forcible entry prop, interactive bedroom emergency and kitchen hazard training environment. Notably, this new fire safety simulator features the world's first Augmented Reality Fire Extinguisher Training System - FiAR. This platform is set to provide a variety of teaching capabilities to the military and civilian population stationed at F.E Warren AFB. JHB Group, Inc. is excited to offer the world's first Augmented Reality Fire Extinguisher. The FiAR as it is called is the most innovative training system to come into the fire service since the Thermal Imaging Camera. This breakthrough technology allows for realistic training scenarios to be created in any environment through 3D mapping. The first FiAR will be heading to the United States Air Force next month. Cary, IL – JHB Group, Inc. has received orders for two 27ft Hero Adventure Trailers for the United States Air Force. These custom units will be delivered in Q1 2020 to Tyndall AFB in Panama City, FL and FE Warren AFB in Cheyenne, WY. These units are designed to fulfill numerous capabilities for the fire department including all-ages fire safety education, special events, training, community relations, recruitment and more. Both units will feature an interactive kitchen hazard scenario, immersive bedroom escape with heated/smoking door, dial 9-1-1 phone, hearing impaired smoke detectors, solar charging and more custom features.
 United States Air Force Orders Multiple Hero Adventure Trailers
JHB Group, Inc. Receives Orders For Two Fire Safety Edutainment Platforms Cary, IL – JHB Group, Inc. has received orders for two 27ft Hero Adventure Trailers for the United States Air Force. These custom units will be delivered in Q1 2020 to Tyndall AFB in Panama City, FL and FE Warren AFB in Cheyenne, WY. These units are designed to fulfill numerous capabilities for the fire department including all-ages fire safety education, special events, training, community relations, recruitment and more. Both units will feature an interactive kitchen hazard scenario, immersive bedroom escape with heated/smoking door, dial 9-1-1 phone, hearing impaired smoke detectors, solar charging and more custom features. The Hero Adventure Trailer is the first US Patented mobile edutainment platform. This game-changing trailer is built by firefighters and is quickly gaining interest throughout the fire service with unmatched versatility and ease of use for fire safety education. The Hero Adventure Trailer is the first mobile events platform to utilize more efficient and effectively sized trailers with the largest list of capabilities and program opportunities for fire departments and communities. The Hero Adventure Trailer has also driven interest as an innovative, hands-on recruitment asset for both the military and the fire service. The Hero Adventure Trailer is the latest expansion from creators of the FireZone, the country’s largest fire safety events facility in operation since 2009 in the Chicago suburbs. Woodward County (OK) Fire Prevention has ordered a custom 24ft Hero Adventure Trailer. The new unit will feature two rescue rooms, roll-up doors, all-ages obstructed access simulator, CCTV, LED TVs, extended ramp and tablet control system.  |
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