Environmental Tectonics Corporation Awarded Contract to Develop ADMS Simulator for Pinellas Park High School's New First Respond
April 21 2009 - 10:03AM
PR Newswire (US)
SOUTHAMPTON, Pa., April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Environmental
Tectonics Corporation's (NYSE ALTERNEXT US: ETC) ("ETC" or the
"Company") Simulation Division today announced the signing of a
contract with Pinellas County School Board to create Incident
Command training simulators for Pinellas Park High School to
augment their new program called First Responders: National Guard
Center for Emergency Management. Pinellas Park High School's new
program is slated to begin in August of 2009 with about 125 ninth
graders. This four year program is intended to give high school
students an introduction to the fields of emergency planning and
first response to disasters and emergency incidents. Their mission
statement is as follows: "The mission of the FIRST RESPONDERS
program is to ready students for entry into postsecondary
educations and/or employment opportunities as FIRST RESPONDERS
through a comprehensive program that trains individuals for
planning and initial response to emergency and disaster
situations." This program is being made possible through a grant
provided by the National Guard. The portable ADMS COMMAND training
systems will allow students to train on scenarios that are similar
to incidents they might face as first responders. In addition, ADMS
allows the students to be exposed to situations that cannot be
realistically or economically replicated in conventional training,
and because it's simulation, they can safely learn in an immersive
environment any time, as the curriculum dictates. For the students
at Pinellas Park High School, ADMS will help to bring their
learning to a whole new level by successfully bridging the gap
between classroom instruction and live training. ETC's Simulation
Division President, Marco van Wijngaarden remarked, "We are proud
to work with Pinellas Park High School and are excited that our
system will be used to help expose young people to the world of
emergency response. It is our hope that ADMS will help develop
their interest in the field and prepare them for further training
and education to become America's next generation of first
responders." ADMS is an interactive team training simulation
platform that offers a proven methodology to provide results-based
and cost-effective training. Since 1995, ADMS has been used to
train emergency responders around the world, and used to test
emergency response plans. ETC designs, develops, installs and
maintains aircrew training systems (aeromedical, tactical combat
and general), disaster management training systems and services,
entertainment products, sterilizers (steam and gas), environmental
testing products, hyperbaric chambers and related products for
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Duane D. Deaner, CFO Tel: 215-355-9100 (ext. 1203) Fax:
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DATASOURCE: Environmental Tectonics Corporation CONTACT: Duane D.
Deaner, CFO of ETC, +1-215-355-9100, ext. 1203, or fax,
+1-215-357-4000 Web Site: http://www.etcusa.com/
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