The Hamilton County Health Department in Indiana recently purchased the Reeves ICP. The system, along with a DRASH MX shelter, will be used as a mobile point of dispensing site.
Having previously purchased a DRASH shelter as an alternate care site for one of the county’s hospitals, health department officials turned to the ICP as a solution to a potential public health crisis in which medication would need to be given out to many people in as short an amount of time as possible.
Though medicine is usually offered at a fixed location during a large-scale disaster, Hamilton officials wanted a system that would offer a mobile clinic to reach people in a small-scale incident.
“We needed a system that would take management of a public health crisis closer to the scene” explains Chad Jenkins of the Hamilton County Health Department. “That’s where the ICP came in. It’s the perfect size and has the capability for our vehicles to tow it.”
The ICP, combined with a DRASH MX shelter also purchased by Hamilton County, will have multiple applications. Because of the shelter’s adaptable design, the ICP will be able to accommodate patients on foot or serve as a drive-thru clinic. The system will offer staff a command post to organize efforts during a health crisis as well.
Working with Project K.I.D., an organization dedicated to helping children who recently survived a disaster or emergency event, Hamilton County will also use the ICP to offer children of volunteers working at a point of dispensing site with a safe, secure environment.
Impressed with the Reeves ICP’s unique and versatile design, the Hamilton County Health Department believes they have chosen the right system for their organization.
“There aren’t too many competitive products out there” says Jenkins. “This is the best concept for a department of our size. A small health department or agency doesn’t need a large trailer-shelter combination. This is the perfect system.”
The Reeves ICP was also recently purchased by Fort Huachuca in Arizona to be used as a mobile classroom.