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DLI Rugged Tablets Deployed To Tornado-Ravaged South
September 9, 2011
DLI 8400 Rugged Tablets and STORM ADMS provide mobile computing solution for post-disaster debris removal.
LaPorte, IN – DLI, a leading manufacturer of rugged tablets and in-vehicle computers, and Phillips & Jordan Inc, a nationwide contractor specializing in emergency response and recovery services announced the recent deployment of DLI 8400 Rugged Tablets to aid natural disaster recovery efforts in both Tuscaloosa, Alabama and Joplin, Missouri. The DLI rugged tablets served as the mobile computing platform for Transport Tracking’s STORM Automated Debris Management System, which was deployed by Phillips & Jordan during clean-up efforts following the recent outbreak of deadly tornados.
In business since 1952, Phillips & Jordan is a nationwide general and specialty contractor with a focus on emergency response and disaster management, among its many other core competencies. Named “Civil Works Contractor of the Year” by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for their response following the September 11 World Trade Center tragedy, Phillips & Jordan is recognized as an innovator for their use of mobile technologies within their industry. The company’s use of the STORM (Strategic Tracking of Recovery Material) Automated Debris Management System from Transport Tracking recently received certification by the USACE and is being utilized in the massive recovery and debris removal efforts currently underway in Tuscaloosa, AL and Joplin, Mo.
The STORM ADMS system provides emergency response agencies and debris management contractors with an integrated suite of applications designed to improve driver, load, and dump site tracking. Design to meet the Army Corps of Engineers requirement for an Automated Debris Management System, STORM provides a ticketless debris tracking system that works at the dispatch site, point of debris loading, interim and final dump locations.
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