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SOUTHAMPTON, Pa., Dec. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Environmental
Tectonics Corporation (Amex: ETC) ("ETC" or the "Company") is conducting the
first of three, one week virtual-reality (VR)-based multi-user training
sessions at Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI).
ETC developed and previously conducted a one-week exercise in March which served as BWI's pilot training program. Following this training's success, BWI has proceeded with plans for conducting three additional training programs. These exercises will train relevant personnel in airport disaster response within three different scenarios: a security breach, a bomb detection/explosion and the forthcoming exercise, a hazardous material incident. For this exercise, the pilot of a Boeing 737 on an in-bound flight from Orlando notifies the BWI tower that they have an incident occurring that involves the possible release of a hazardous chemical. They are 10 minutes outside of BWI. The pilots are on oxygen with approximately 70 passengers on board, many reporting sickness, with several already unconscious. BWI has chosen ETC's unique simulation system, the Advanced Disaster Management Simulator (ADMS(TM)), to deliver their training because it has proven to be qualified to accomplish their goals of effectively training incident managers, crew commanders, fire officers, medical teams, airport operations crew and other disaster response personnel as an integrated team. The ADMS training system provides effective comprehensive training through interactive real-time VR disaster simulations, in which response personnel interact within a shared environment through linked training stations. ADMS simulations utilize realistic, stressful scenarios, which allow first responders to practice and enhance their competencies, test and measure their aptitude, and identify and correct inaccuracies before performing in the field. ADMS features high-fidelity three-dimensional environments, which are custom-tailored to match the real-life environments in which these organizations respond. Realistic audio and a communications systems are integrated into the system to greater enhance the realistic environment immersion. Dealing with security related threats, fire and explosion related disasters and biochemical incidents requires incident response personnel to place themselves within the immediate threat of danger and requires them to make appropriate decisions under extreme stress. Simulation training has been proven to be a leading contributor to increasing fire and emergency responders' preparedness levels, and ADMS Intelligent VR Technology(TM) allows the exercises to be driven by the decision-making process, providing realistic, yet safe and efficient training. ADMS systems are used by Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport, Orlando/Sanford International Airport, Honolulu International Airport, the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority, Florida's Office of Emergency Management, Florida's Department of Transportation Consortium, the Florida State Fire College, the UK Ministry of Defense, Kawasaki Industries in Japan, UK's International Fire Training Centre, and the Netherlands National Institute for Fire Services and Disaster Management. William F. Mitchell, ETC's President and CEO stated, "ADMS will provide BWI with the highest level of training supported by over three decades of technological innovation and creativity, further bolstering ETC's role as the leader in VR-based emergency response training." ETC designs, develops, installs and maintains aircrew training systems, public entertainment systems, process simulation systems (sterilization and environmental), clinical hyperbaric systems, environmental testing and simulation systems and related products for domestic and international customers. This press release may include forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about the Company that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any other future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "could," "would," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "continue," or the negative of such terms or similar expressions. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, contract cancellations, failure to obtain new contracts, political unrest in customer countries, unfavorable results in litigation, general economic conditions and those issues identified from time to time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings and other public documents including, without limitation, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 27, 2004. |
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