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Companies Donate Equipment To Cdc’s Emergency Center

Companies Donate Equipment To Cdc’s Emergency Center

Fifteen companies have donated or provided discounted equipment through the CDC Foundation, established by Home Depot co-founder Bernard Marcus, who a
  • Written by American City & County Administrator
  • 16th May 2003

Fifteen companies have donated or provided discounted equipment through the CDC Foundation, established by Home Depot co-founder Bernard Marcus, who a little over a year ago, pledged $3.9 million to equip an emergency operations center at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and called on corporations for additional support.

“We knew a year ago that CDC urgently needed a state-of-the art facility to coordinate responses to public health emergencies. But we did not know if adequate government funding would be available to quickly build the kind of facility that CDC leaders envisioned,” says Marcus, immediate past board chair of the CDC Foundation. “Thanks to companies like Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, Rockwell Collins and Dell that provided their top-of-the-line equipment, CDC now has a world-class operations center ready to handle any public health emergency that might arise.”

CDC’s Marcus Emergency Operations Center became fully operational in March. The center was recently activated to assist in the global investigation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which sickened several hundred people worldwide.

During such an event, the center serves as a central communications and command hub. Personnel working in the facility have access to multiple audio, video and data feeds from health organizations and scientists in the field, allowing for real-time analysis and decision-making.

Teams gather in theater-style workstations surrounded by large plasma video screens to view images from remote locations and track the spread of a disease or threat.

“The technologies available to scientists working in the operations center are truly cutting edge,” says Charles Stokes, president and CEO of the CDC Foundation. “Bernie Marcus had remarkable vision when he and the Marcus Foundation stepped forward to help equip the center. The Marcus Foundation gift, along with the generous contributions of the corporate partners, have allowed CDC to build one of the most impressive command centers in the country.”

The CDC Foundation is an independent nonprofit enterprise that forges effective partnerships between CDC and others to fight threats to health and safety.

Corporations that Contributed to CDC’s Marcus Emergency Operations Center are:

Outright donations:
* C&S Antennas, Inc.: Antenna equipment worth $5,600
* Hewlett-Packard Company: $35,000 worth of computer printers
* Motorola, Inc.: Radio equipment worth $51,000
* Rockwell Collins: High frequency communications accessories worth $41,500
* Shure Incorporated: Microphones and audio electronics worth $22,000

* Discounted Equipment:
* AMX Corporation: AV equipment worth approximately $60,000, at a 33 percent discount
* Christie Communications: AV equipment worth almost $200,000, at a 50 percent discount
* ClearOne Communications, Inc.: AV equipment worth $25,000, at a 30 percent discount
* Dell Computer Corporation: Computer equipment worth almost $300,000, at a 42 percent discount
* JVC: Digital video cameras equal to $35,000, at a 50 percent discount
* Liberty Communications: $8,000 in in-kind services
* LinksPoint, Inc.: Global positioning equipment worth $49,000, at a 50 percent discount
* Starin Distributing, Inc.: AV equipment worth $10,000, at a 50 percent discount
* Symbol Technologies, Inc.: Over $26,000 worth of global positioning software and equipment, at a 50 percent discount
* The Sytex Group, Inc.: Discounted fee for systems integration and installation

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