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MILITARY AND GOVERNMENT EVAPORATIVE COOLERS

Protecting Those Who Protect Us

No one deserves a break as much as our military, police, and emergency responders who work under heat and pressure in ways other industries do not have to endure. We ask remarkable sacrifice of this group, including working in crisis situations. To accomplish this, they must push themselves to the edge, training in extreme scenarios, many of which will take place in uncontrolled weather, around fire, dangerous chemicals, and occasionally explosives and almost always with stifling protective gear. Training in this way can boost performance but requires monitoring of one’s health and recuperation. 

Not just for training in the field but for many applications like community & PR events, mechanics working in garages or hangers, when keeping the ladder trucks shiny, as an alternative to upgrading older, underperforming air conditioning, or for any task in spaces that can benefit from a portable source of comfort. With heavy-duty, omnidirectional casters engineered for portability, Portacool evaporative coolers can deliver cool air on demand and thrive in spaces without walls.

Utilize the calculator below to find out which sizes are right for you and where to find them. For agencies with hazardous material compliance requirements, there’s a Portacool line designed with you in mind: view our Hazardous Location Portacools here.

WHY YOU NEED AN EVAPORATIVE COOLER

Reduce the Risk of Heat-Related Illness
Improve Trainee Satisfaction
Avoid AC Installation Costs
Comfortably Train Indoors & Outdoors
Make Recovery Periods Shorter

Which Portacool is Right for Me?

  • Overall room / area size

  • People to cool?

  • Access to constant water supply?

  • Exterior Openings (doors & windows)

  • Electrical Options

Our Portacool evaporative coolers are backed by best in class warranties and live, US based customer care team. Our team is here to Keep America Cool!

WARRANTIES

Train in the Heat, Recover in the Cool

There is potential value to appropriate training in the heat and certainly training in your protective gear. Soldiers, officers, and firefighters need to know how they’ll perform under harsh conditions, and learning ahead of time is crucial to being prepared. However, there is no value to a person undergoing heatstroke because they can’t cool down after training. 

As the body’s temperature rises, the body tries to increase cooling by diverting blood from the brain, muscles, and organs to the skin to aid with cooling. Physical and mental acuity maybe suffer at a time when discernment and dexterity are of paramount importance. The effects of heat aren’t just short-term conditions. Extreme heat can lead to heatstroke and heart attacks. Muscles start breaking down in high heat conditions, so training too hard in high heat can be counterproductive. NASA studied the impact of heat on the accuracy of workers. It showed that people made up to 12X more mistakes at 95°F than they did at 80°F; undoubtedly, the mistakes were even greater beyond that range. This is a tremendously risky situation for those maintaining vital equipment and making life-and-death decisions.

Providing a cool recovery site can help avoid heat illness and keep you fresh when training or in the line of duty. Not only that, but it can make recovery periods shorter, making it easier to do more training in the course of a day while still avoiding heat-related illness. You don’t need an enclosed area to benefit from evaporative cooling – you can enjoy dramatic cooling even in an open field.

Why Portacool?

Many government facilities are operated in old buildings without proper air conditioning infrastructure. Other facilities are outside, where trainees and personnel are subject to extreme weather. Installing air conditioning is expensive, and you simply can’t control the weather. 

What is needed is an effective way to cool these spaces for a fraction of the cost of installing air conditioners. 

Portacool evaporative coolers are the perfect solution to heat issues faced by government and military personnel. They work by pulling in hot air, evaporating the water, and immediately replacing it with cool air. They are highly-efficient, portable, cost-effective, and can be used both indoors and outdoors. On top of that, storage, maintenance, and servicing these coolers are a breeze.

Since 1990, we have earned a reputation as the leader in the evaporative cooling industry. Our standards for quality and customer care have expanded demand, and we now have distributors in all 50 states and in 56 countries around the world.  Proudly made in Center, Texas, Portacool includes the only cooling media made in the USA. Read more about the Kuul evaporative media. Portacool is here to Keep America Cool! 

Keeping Our Troops Cool

Our evaporative coolers are manufacturing in Center, Texas. Our customer service is also based in the USA. You won’t be transferred to international call centers. Our customer care team is here to help you with any technical support or questions you may have.

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