Industries · buyer brief
Blue Light & Government
Fire, police and government infrastructure built to be used hard, every day, for twenty years.
The brief
Fire brigades, police services and the state buy equipment that gets abused. Tanax has delivered a multi-type fleet of ISO modules to a single national fire and rescue service: WC and shower blocks, laundry, material transport, septic, water and fuel tanks, plus the platforms they sit on, all in one livery, all stackable three high. It has delivered a fitted police training campus under EU co-financing. It builds live-fire training modules with +800 °C internal coatings, and hazmat stores certified to 90 minutes. The common thread is a stainless or coated interior that survives daily pressure-washing, a structure that survives being craned twice a week, and the documentation a public buyer is audited against.
What you buy
Configurations drawn from the solution families
- Sanitary & Septic
Sanitary, shower and laundry modules
AISI 304 walls at 1.5 mm, 3 mm stainless floor with fall to gully, anti-Legionella on every heater.
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Live-fire training modules
RAL 9005, blasted Sa 2.5, 120 µm external coating system, +800 °C training-room lining, bolted ceiling plates.
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Hazmat storage
90 min fire resistance certified, sandwich wall ≥ 90 mm, Ex-proof ventilation, antistatic seamless 1,000 kg/m² floor.
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Equipment, roll-off and tank modules
Water and fuel tanks, septic, material transport, roll-off frames, platforms.
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Training campus and duty modules
Architectural design, delivery, assembly, electrics, HVAC, camera and cabling provisions.
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Compliance and procurement
The document list
| Requirement | What Tanax produces |
|---|---|
| Fire resistance of the as-built assembly | Certificate for the built-up construction, EI / REI 30 to 90 min |
| Reaction to fire of materials | EN 13501-1 declarations, Euroclass A1 / A2-s1,d0 where required |
| Coating specification and verification | Written system plus measured thickness per ISO 2808 |
| Drinking water compliance | EU 2184/2020, commissioning and disinfection record |
| Legionella control | Anti-Legionella protection on every water heater, documented |
| Electrical installation | HD 60364 installation, inspection report, RCD and earthing verification |
| Lighting levels | EN 12464-1 compliance by task area |
| Container safety | CSC plate and certificate, re-issued after modification |
| EU co-financing audit trail | Architectural design, delivery notes, assembly records, control-day minutes, acceptance protocol, photo record |
| Corrosion protection for outdoor service | Hot-dip galvanising, coordinated in-house |
| Documentation language | National language and English, printed and digital |
| Warranty | 24 months standard, extendable |
Reference deployments
Programmes with a number in them
- 01
Six module types, one livery
A fleet of ISO modules for a national fire and rescue service: WC and shower, laundry, material transport, septic, water and fuel tank modules and platforms, ISO 1CC and stackable three high.
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Live-fire training modules
For a European fire-training equipment manufacturer, destined for the United States: two prototypes through factory acceptance testing, then a serial programme with agreed minimum order quantities.
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12 hazmat storage modules
Specified at 90 minutes certified fire resistance, empty weight under 2,800 kg, 1,000 kg/m² antistatic seamless floor, explosion-proof ventilation, under a 24-month framework with 60-day call-off.
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A fitted police training campus
Delivered under EU co-financing for a national police training academy: four interconnected modules, architectural design, delivery, assembly, electrical installation, HVAC and camera provisions, with a 24-month warranty.
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Photographs
From the hall, the yard and the site
Fleet staged in the depot yard 
20 ft module beside a training tower 
20 ft module, side view 
Training module before fit-out 
Hook-lift frames on tank modules 
20 ft module, corner view 
Tank modules with roof couplings 
Service locker on a tank module 
Galvanised interior of a material transport module 
Type plate on the corner post 
Hook-lift tank module 
Roof couplings, 20 ft module behind
Standards
Standards for this sector
- EN 13501-1
- EN 1125
- EN ISO 8501-1
- ISO 2808
- ISO 12944
- EU 2184/2020
- EN 14420-7
- EN 12464-1
- EN 60309
- HD 60364
- CSC 1972
- EN 1866-1
Route to contract
How the contract can be structured
- 01
Public tender
We bid directly. The reference base for fire-service ISO modules is deep and documented.
- 02
Framework call-off
Repeat modules against a running framework, 60-day delivery.
- 03
OEM supply
We manufacture for training-equipment and rescue-equipment OEMs under their brand and their drawings, under NDA.
- 04
EU-funded programme
We have delivered inside an EU co-financed programme and can produce the audit documentation that requires.
Lead times
Sector-specific lead times
| Item | Lead time |
|---|---|
| Sanitary or shower module | 10-14 weeks |
| Laundry module | 12-16 weeks |
| Live-fire training module, repeat design | 8-12 weeks |
| Live-fire training module, new design | 10-14 weeks after drawing approval |
| Hazmat store, certified | 12-16 weeks |
| Tank and platform modules | 8-12 weeks |
FAQ
Questions procurement asks
Can you certify 90-minute fire resistance?
Yes, for the as-built assembly, with certificate. That is different from a material class and we quote it as such.
Why stainless interiors?
Because a fire-service sanitary unit gets pressure-washed daily. 1.5 mm AISI 304 on the walls and 3 mm on the floor is what is still serviceable in ten years.
Are the modules stackable?
Yes, ISO 1CC, three high loaded, with ISO 1161 corner castings.
Do you build to our own drawings?
Yes, and we review them first and tell you in writing where they contradict themselves. That review is included.
What warranty?
24 months as standard on our own build, extendable, with a spare-parts list at handover.
Do you supply the roll-off frames and platforms too?
Yes, as part of the same package.
Do you deliver a whole facility, or just modules?
Both. On a training campus our scope has run from the architectural design through delivery, assembly, electrics, HVAC and camera provisions to the acceptance protocol.
Send us the specification. A drawing, a tender annex, or three sentences.
You will get a written review of it inside a week, whether or not you buy anything.
Where to go next
Related families
- Sanitary & SepticWet rooms, laundries and tanks built in stainless steel, to camp-grade specification.
- Special PurposeContainers built around a function that does not exist as a product: fire training, weapon storage, hazmat, field kitchens, cold chain.
- Office & LivingInsulated accommodation and office modules, single units to three-storey buildings.
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