TVI Corporation to support DOD Guardian Installation Protection program

GLENN DALE, Md., 23 August 2006. TVI Corporation, a supplier of rapidly deployable first receiver and first responder systems for homeland security, hospitals, the military, police and fire departments, and public health agencies, is one of the two decontamination system providers for the Department of Defense (DOD) Guardian Installation Protection Program. The initial purchase for the multi-year program is for $490,000.

"The Guardian Installation Protection Program provides emergency and first responders/receivers on military bases with the equipment needed to handle chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) hazards," says Richard V. Priddy, president and chief executive officer of TVI Corporation. "The DOD selected TVI's decontamination systems to strengthen the effectiveness of its emergency response systems, and provide CBRN protection at defense installations throughout the country."