Engineered once, deployable many times.
An emergency field hospital is a rapidly deployable medical facility engineered to restore healthcare capacity within 72 hours of a disaster, epidemic or mass casualty event. structmod emergency field hospitals are built around expandable trailers and container modules that arrive pre-wired, pre-plumbed and functionally tested — so your clinical team walks into a working hospital on day one, not a construction site.
Each emergency field hospital ships with its own power, water, HVAC, medical gas and waste systems, making it fully self-sufficient on arrival. Configurations range from 20-bed primary-care units for remote disaster zones up to 100-bed facilities with damage-control surgery, ICU, imaging and laboratory — all scalable by linking additional modules through shared corridors. For larger surge events, two or more 100-bed units combine into 200-300 bed complexes without additional engineering.
structmod works with health ministries, disaster-relief agencies, NATO-aligned defence forces and UN agencies to specify, manufacture and pre-position emergency field hospitals worldwide. Units can be flown in by C-130 / C-17 aircraft, transported by sea or towed to site, then deployed by a 4-6 person crew with minimal site preparation. Every emergency field hospital meets WHO EMT Type 1 or Type 2 minimum standards and carries full EN 1090 structural certification.
Typical deployment sequence
- Hour 0–2 — trailer or container units arrive on site
- Hour 2–6 — positioning, leveling and inter-unit connection
- Hour 6–12 — envelope sealing, MEP hook-up, medical gas
- Hour 12–24 — equipment install, commissioning, FAT
- Hour 24–72 — user training, operational handover
Spec sheet — STR-2433
| Overall length | 15.3 m · 50.2 ft |
|---|---|
| Width (transport) | 2.99 m |
| Width (deployed) | 2.99 m |
| Height (transport) | 3.00 m |
| Floor area (deployed) | 45.7 m² |
| Dry weight | 12.3 t |
| Chassis | EN 10025 S355JR hot-rolled steel · EN 1090 |
| Welding quality | EN ISO 3834-2 · certified RWC (IWE) |
| Envelope | Sandwich panel, PIR core 80 mm · λ ≈ 0.023 W/(m·K) |
| Fire resistance | EI-30 · tested to EN 13501-2 |
| Floor | Marine plywood on EPDM · R-10 slip rating |
| Electrical | 230 V / 50 Hz · TN-S · IEC 60364 compliant |
| HVAC | Split inverter heat pump · MERV-8 |
| Operating range | −25 °C to +50 °C ambient |
| Wind rating | Designed for 130 km/h basic wind (EN 1991-1-4) |
| Seismic design | Per EN 1998-1 (Eurocode 8) · ductility class DCM |
| Transport | ISO 668 footprint · CSC plate eligible (container variants) |
| Setup time | 24–72 hours · 4–6-person crew |
Full drawings, calculation notes, DoP, O&M manual and FAT report included with every unit. Specs indicative — configurable to project requirements.