When disaster strikes, it’s important for communities to come together and help each other. In times of disaster and destruction, the simplest amenities become the most desired. In many of these instances, facilities such as restrooms, showers, and laundry become significant needs of a community.
When these facilities are scarce, portable restroom trailers and other facilities come to the rescue. Below, you will find how these units are answering the call and meeting the needs of thousands in trying times.
Why Trailers Are Important
In disaster situations, thousands of people can be displaced. Individuals impacted by fires, floods, tornados, or other environmental disasters need places to use the restroom, get clean, and even do their laundry. This goes for the emergency response teams as well. Thankfully, there are portable trailers that fit the bill for all of these tasks and more.
Hygiene and Health
In areas where many people are without homes and exposed to the elements, disease can spread quickly without proper sanitation. Access to restrooms with proper hand-washing stations and showers is critical to keeping those who are displaced safe and healthy.
Additionally, emergencies that cause displacement from homes create limited access to clean clothes. Portable laundry trailers allow disaster victims and first responders to have clean clothes. Staying in dirty clothes for long periods can become a health concern, especially when exposed to hazardous materials.
In instances such as fire or building collapse, victims and emergency workers may be exposed to health hazards that can cause long-term effects. In these situations, a mobile decontamination trailer can provide the necessary services to protect the safety of those in crisis and the environment around them.
Mental Health
A fresh shirt, pants, and socks aren’t typically something you think too hard about, but they can make all the difference when you no longer have access to them. A nice warm shower is the same. When you are unable to have the basic necessities you used to, it can be a reminder of what you have lost.
Having a semblance of normality can be a game-changer for disaster victims. When everything around them seems like it is falling apart, a shower and some clean clothes can vastly improve their mental well-being. Everyone needs the feeling of dignity and cleanliness, and mobile bathroom trailers help provide that.
Where Can I Bring Mobile Trailers?
One of the most helpful aspects of portable bathroom trailers is that they can go almost anywhere. With a connection to a generator and a tank filled with fresh water, a trailer can provide services to help those in need, wherever they are.
Disruptions to Water Supply
In areas where the water supply has been cut off or is otherwise unavailable, mobile shower trailers, as well as bathroom and laundry units, can provide easy access to clean water. Water is crucial to survival, and when the source of clean, fresh water is no longer available to the community, portable units can fulfill an essential need.
Natural Disasters
During natural disasters, there will likely be reduced access to essential facilities. You can bring mobile facilities to these impacted areas to provide necessary toilets, showers, and laundry units. They can be hooked up to a generator and placed in a central location for a community to use.
Why Not Porta Potties?
Traditional restroom alternatives, such as porta potties, do not offer the same services that portable trailers do. They are typically cheap but offer no support in harsh weather conditions. Additionally, they don’t provide any support for the mental health and dignity of victims. These plastic boxes do provide a place to use the restroom, but they are one step away from using the woods. The nature of the portable restroom trailers is that they are often closer in look and feel to a restroom at home, so they feel more familiar, easing everyone’s discomfort.
Additionally, there are proper handwashing stations, showers, and laundry. Plastic toilet alternatives can only fulfill one role, while many trailers can fulfill multiple. Many combination trailers feature both toilets and showers and offer a great deal of privacy to those using the units.
Toilet trailers also offer the option of ADA trailers. These trailers meet the accessibility requirements in the year that they were manufactured. This means that everyone, regardless of their physical abilities, can use these trailers when it matters most.
Why Choose Portable Restroom Trailers?
Portable Restroom Trailers has the largest in-stock inventory of restroom trailers in the country, meaning that there will almost always be a selection for you to choose from. Additionally, since you never know when disaster may strike, we offer expedited shipping so that you can reach those who need it most as quickly as possible. Portable Restroom Trailers is a trusted partner of FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a branch of Homeland Security.
If you work in emergency response, check out our dedicated disaster relief page, where you can find specialty information and help renting or purchasing mobile units for your response team.
