RY-DT-01 Inflatable Decontamination Shower Tent with Inflatable Frame and Blue Inner Liner

Product Overview

The RY-DT-01 is an inflatable decontamination shower tent: a grey inflatable tube frame forming corner posts, roof ring and a gabled top, clad in a blue PVC-coated liner that forms the walls, the roof and the ground sheet, with a front entry flap closed by vertical strips and a rear panel carrying a utility pocket. Guy ropes and pegs anchor the four corners to a ground skirt. It erects from a folded pack in minutes with a foot pump or blower and packs down again for storage, which is why it is used where a fixed decon room cannot be justified — remote sites, temporary works, spill response and events.

What a Decon Tent Does — and What It Does Not Do

The tent provides enclosure, privacy and a defined floor area. That is all it provides. The three things that decide whether a decon point actually works are supplied around it, not by it, and each is routinely left until the day of the emergency.

Water and heat. The tent has no water supply and no heating. A decon shower needs tepid water — around 20 to 37 °C — because cold water drives vasoconstriction and makes a casualty resist flushing, and because a person being decontaminated in the open in winter will not stay under a cold stream. Portable heaters, a thermostatic mixing unit or a heated supply tank must be arranged separately, and their fuel or power planned for.

Run-off. Everything that runs off a decontamination is contaminated water. The ground sheet keeps it in one place, but it does not dispose of it: a sump, a collection tank or a lined pit and a pump are needed, plus a route for that water to a permitted disposal point. A decon tent pitched on bare ground with the run-off running away is an environmental incident on top of the emergency.

Air and pressure. The frame is held up by air. A slow leak turns into a sagging roof at the worst moment, so the pump, the repair kit and a pressure check belong in the deployment kit, not in the office. The tent also holds humidity and chemical vapour once in use, and a space this closed needs to be ventilated or entered with breathing protection where the contaminant warrants it.

The last point is the one that gets missed on drawings: the tent is not a substitute for an eyewash or a safety shower. It is a decontamination enclosure. Where the site requires ANSI Z358.1 flushing within ten seconds of the hazard, that requirement is met by a fixed or portable flushing unit, and the tent is set up around the casualty, not instead of it.

Key Features

• Grey inflatable tube frame: corner posts, roof ring and gabled top, erected with a pump and no tools.

• Blue PVC-coated liner forming walls, roof and ground sheet as a single contained volume.

• Front entry flap with vertical closure strips, opening wide enough to walk a casualty through.

• Utility pocket on the rear panel for a shower head, hose or small kit.

• Ground sheet with an upstand, keeping run-off inside the footprint until it is pumped or drained.

• Guy ropes and pegs at all four corners, with a ground skirt, for anchoring on soil or ballast on hard standing.

• Inflation valves at the base with pressure relief, so the frame can be topped up without over-pressurising.

• Packs down folded for transport and storage; no rigid panels to damage in transit.

• No metal frame to corrode and no separate poles to lose — the structure is the packaging.

Technical Specifications

Setting Up and Commissioning

1. Choose ground that is level, clear of sharp debris and close enough to the hazard that a casualty can reach the tent in ten seconds, but upwind of the release where possible.

2. Lay the ground sheet, unfold the tent on it and inflate the frame in stages, checking that the posts rise evenly and the roof ring seats before final pressure.

3. Peg the four corners or ballast them, then fit the guy ropes; an inflatable structure is light and will move in wind once the liner is wet.

4. Run the water supply and the heater or mixing unit, and confirm the delivered temperature at the shower head is in the tepid band before anyone uses it.

5. Set the run-off arrangement — sump, tank or pit and pump — and check that the ground sheet does not leak at the seams under a full-flow test.

6. Brief the team on entry and exit, on who monitors the person inside, and on how the tent is deflated and packed wet without contaminating the pack.

Operation and Maintenance

After every deployment: hose down and decontaminate the interior, dry the liner fully before folding, and inspect the ground sheet and seams for tears.

Monthly while in service: inflate and leave standing for several hours to check for pressure loss, and check the valves and the relief for leaks.

Before each deployment: check the pump, the repair kit, the pegs and the guy ropes are in the bag; a tent that erects but will not stay up is worse than no tent.

Annually: inspect the whole liner for UV degradation, abrasion and seam separation, and replace the tent when the coating has hardened or the seams have started to lift.

Standards and Compliance

The tent is an enclosure and is not a certified emergency shower or eyewash; it does not meet ANSI Z358.1-2014 and cannot be substituted for a flushing unit. Tepid water at 20–37 °C, fifteen minutes of flushing and a location within ten seconds of the hazard remain requirements of the shower, not of the tent. Run-off from decontamination is hazardous waste and must be collected and disposed of in line with the site's environmental permit; discharging it to ground or to surface water is not acceptable. Where the contaminant is a gas or vapour, entry to the tent requires breathing protection and ventilation, and the tent must not be treated as a safe refuge. Fabric chemical compatibility must be checked against the substances handled on site.

Applications

Spill and leak response at tank farms and chemical warehouses, temporary and remote worksites, tanker and rail incidents, fire and rescue decontamination corridors, and event medical cover where a fixed decon facility is not available.

Ordering

State the model RY-DT-01, the footprint and height required, the number of entries, whether a shower head and hose are to be included, and the pump type (foot pump or electric blower). Confirm how run-off will be collected at your site and whether a sump or tank is to be supplied with the tent. State the chemicals the liner will meet so compatibility can be checked, and specify the flushing unit separately — the tent does not replace one.