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Testing & Training with the 911th Engineer Company (Technical Rescue)
After MHE shipped that initial order for (5) 2032E
HIPPO Multi-Power units, they went straight into testing and training
with the 911th Engineer Company, in Fort Belvoir, VA (about 15 miles
south of the Pentagon)
Breaking concrete with hydaulic tools (powered by a HIPPO 2032E)
Here's a little info about the 911th, and what these folks do...
The 911th Engineer Company (Technical
Rescue), formerly
the MDW (Military District of Washington) Engineer Company,
is the only combat engineering company in the United States Army
that specializes in Urban Search and Rescue (USAR).
It is located at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and is best known for its
response to the attack on the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.
The 911th is assigned to the 12th Aviation Battalion, itself a subordinate
Headquarters of the Military District of Washington. The company
specializes in collapsed structure, vertical, confined space, and
mine rescue. It regularly trains with local, state, and federal
first responders in the National Capital Region as a valuable contributor
to the joint homeland defense organization, the Joint Force Headquarters
National Capital Region. It was redesignated as the 911th Engineer
Company on September 11th, 2006, in memory of its historic role
in the war on terror.
In other words, these are the people that come save you when something
really awful has happened. They're cutting through steel,
rebar, and concrete. They're cutting through walls, and doing whatever
it takes to get people out of that area which usually lies somewhere between a rock and a hard
place. To do all this, they need hydraulic power, electric power,
and pneumatic power.
Only the HIPPO 2032E gives them all the power AND the portability they need.
And that's a fact.
Testing & Training at Ft. Belvoir
The 2032E delivers up to 80cfm of compressed air, 4,000 Watts of electricity,
and provides two (2), fully adjustable, 0–10 GPM hydraulic tool circuits.
It can operate any two power sources, simultaneously, for continuous
duty operation. Equipped with lifting rings and forklift pockets,
it can be taken to a job site in a vehicle as small as a pickup truck,
placed on the ground and used to support workers, independent of the
truck, and eliminate, multiple auxiliary engines.
The 2032E is a member of a suite of HIPPO multi-power units that
simultaneously generate electricity, compressed air and hydraulic power
to operate numerous, high-power, handheld tools.
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