Ferrino for the emergency

The Turin-based company, which has always worked alongside those working in emergency situations, is currently involved in the construction of field hospitals.

Ferrino is mainly known for its outdoor equipment for mountain and mountaineering enthusiasts, companions of small and large companies in every corner of the earth. But that’s not all. There is a lesser-known part of their activity that has allowed them to achieve a very important result: to support those who work on the front line in emergency intervention, helping to save lives, providing assistance and shelter to people affected by disastrous events.

A long history of collaboration

In its 150 years of activity, Ferrino has developed a great know-how in designing and producing tents and emergency products.

There are many national and international humanitarian organizations with which they collaborate and which use their products in rescue operations, from the Ministry of Interior to the Italian Civil Protection, passing through some important United Nations agencies such as Unicef, Unhcr, World Food Program, up to the Red Cross and some important NGOs such as Medecinssans Frontieres and Save the Children just to name a few. But for all those who have the task of intervening in emergency and dangerous situations it is essential to be able to count on reliable equipment.

With Unicef
Ferrino has recently developed two important projects for Unicef. The new Staff Accomodation with fully equipped living and office module and the new Unicef High Performance Tent, the result of a long and demanding phase of study and field tests. A stimulating co-design from which was born a new type of tent in 3 sizes of 24, 48 and 72 m2 that Unicef will use mainly as a school tent, but also for other emergency uses, such as hospital tents. The tent has been designed and tested in the field to overcome some of the limitations of existing tents both from a functional point of view with great habitability and brightness, and from a climatic point of view with modular solutions suitable for hot, cold or particularly windy climates anywhere in the world. It has also been optimised in terms of ease of transport with the components divided into rigid units that can also be transported by air, but inside which the contents are stored in hand-movable bags for 2 people weighing up to 50 kg.

The entire project is documented in this video: