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Knight Division TacticalDoes KDT provide temporary mortuary storage?
Temporary Mortuary Storage (Refrigerated Mortuary Trailers)
Yes.
KDT provides temporary mortuary storage: refrigerated mortuary trailers set up, powered, secured and monitored around the clock, at the direction of the medical examiner or coroner.
Typical configuration
- Trailers
- 53 ft refrigerated trailers, typical, with ramps for safe handling
- Temperature
- Held at about 34–38 °F, monitored and logged continuously
- Fit-out
- Racking or shelving installed to the medical examiner's plan
- Power
- Trailer's own diesel unit or shore power, with backup generation
- Security
- Fenced, screened and guarded around the clock, with an access log
- Site
- Lighting, privacy screening and a separate approach from the public
When an incident causes more deaths than the local morgue can hold, the medical examiner or coroner needs temporary storage, quickly and done right. Refrigerated trailers are the standard answer, but a trailer alone isn't enough: it needs shelving or racking, steady temperature, constant power, a secure perimeter, a private approach screened from the public and the press, and a strict log of every decedent in and out.
KDT sets that up under the medical examiner's direction. We deliver and level the trailers, fit them for decedent storage, keep them powered with backup generation and fuel, monitor and log temperatures 24 hours a day, and post security on the site so access is controlled and the chain of custody holds. We screen the area, light it, and keep it apart from the rest of the response.
We support the medical examiner's team and never take its place: identification, examination and release stay with the authorities. Our part is to make sure the space, the cold, the power and the security never fail, and that everyone who works there treats the people in our care with dignity.
Available as
- Single refrigerated mortuary trailer
- Multi-trailer temporary mortuary sites
- Racking and fit-out to the medical examiner's plan
- Backup generators, fuel and power distribution
- Access control and site security
- Privacy screening, fencing and lighting
What's included
- Delivery, leveling and fit-out
- Power with backup generation and fueling
- 24/7 temperature monitoring and logs
- Site security and controlled access
- Privacy screening and lighting
- Cleaning and removal at demobilization
Where it's used
- Mass fatality incidents after hurricanes and floods
- Hazmat releases and industrial accidents
- Attacks and other mass casualty events
- Overflow when a hospital or county morgue is full
Questions, answered.
Does KDT provide temporary mortuary storage?
Yes. We provide refrigerated mortuary trailers and run the site around them, with power, temperature monitoring, security and privacy, at the direction of the medical examiner or coroner.
Who is in charge of a temporary mortuary site?
The medical examiner or coroner. KDT supplies and runs the storage, power and security to their plan; identification, examination and release of decedents stay with the authorities.
Are mortuary trailers reused for food afterwards?
No. Trailers used for decedent storage are dedicated to that use and are not returned to food service.
How do you protect privacy at the site?
The site is fenced and screened, has a separate approach away from the public and the press, and is guarded with a strict access log.
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