General information
Developed by ICRC and IFRC, this new type of tent for a family of five persons conforms to the recommended minimum standard living area for hot and temperate climates (3.5m² per person).
This new type of tent is intended to improve several key factors for the beneficiaries’ comfort and safety:
- Longer life span and better stability, particularly resistant to wind and to UV
- Safer to fire risk, using a slow flame spread material
- Better insulation to reduce the inner temperature in hot climates
- 100% synthetic to guarantee a 5 years shelf-life under normal warehousing conditions, and not prone to rotting in tropical climate
In cold climate an improved insulation will be supplied as an optional kit (This winterisation kit is still under development).
This tent was designed by shelter specialists as a product fit for emergency use during humanitarian crisis, ensuring that all minimum requirements are met, at minimum cost.
This new type of tent was designed with environmental criteria: see attached pdf below
ICRC and IFRC are grateful to Alpinter SA and to NRS International for their essential support in the Research and Development project to design this new type of Family tent.
Family tents are subject to frame agreements with validated manufacturers. Consult with the IFRC or ICRC procurement department to obtain frame agreement information.
- Validated manufacturers had their samples laboratory-tested prior to signing the frame agreement, and are subject to regular quality controls.
Specifications
See attached pdf