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With the onset of COVID-19 in 2020, Riverfork Federal Credit Union in Grand Forks, North Dakota, spent three months helping customers using only its drive-thru. Leadership at the credit union knew that in order to reopen the lobby, changes would need to take place to ensure the health and safety of Riverfork’s employees and customers. One of the primary areas of focus would be the teller line, a high-traffic area that hosted human interaction nine hours a day. 

The new Hydro1™ Fire Rated Flood Door from PS Flood Barriers™ acts as a durable pedestrian/egress door for everyday use, but is also engineered for interior and exterior openings that require watertight flood protection – and a 90-minute fire rating! It features the lowest leakage rate in the industry, with independent-party-witnessed factory testing to 3′ and 20′ water protection heights.

With increasing restrictions and mandates in place as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic – including the recent executive order from North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum – workplace safety is more important than ever. Business owners are being urged to take steps to further mitigate the transmission of germs, and for companies that utilize workspace cubicles, ArmorBoss™ Cubicle Shields are the perfect solution.

The new EdgeSafe® Personnel Safety Gate from PS Safety Access™ is effective in alerting personnel of dangerous or off-limit areas throughout any industrial facility. Designed to swing bi-directionally (both ways), this durable floor-level gate serves as a single access point for personnel to safely enter or exit restricted areas.

With the summer of 2020 coming to a close and the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to cause problems, it was time for staff members of Manvel Public School (K-8) in Manvel, ND, to prepare for the upcoming school year. After evaluating the classrooms and facilities, it became clear that changes needed to be made in order to ensure the health and safety of students, parents and teaching staff. 

Residents of Norwood, Massachusetts, are no strangers to the beautiful old building located on 171 Nahatan Street. Playing many different roles throughout history, the community-owned building once served as a local fire hall but is now home to the Olde Colonial Cafe. Over the years, the building’s back door has often delivered something that the restaurant never included on its menu – inches of flood water caused by any heavy rainfall.

When employees at Vaaler Insurance’s headquarters in Grand Forks, ND, returned to the office, it became obvious that some changes needed to be made to the work environment to ensure the health and safety of their team and their customers. Protective shields were an important part of this plan, and the timing couldn’t have been better for their decision makers to learn about PS Public Protection™ and its new line of ArmorBoss™ protective shields.

The North Dakota Department of Commerce has a new grant opportunity for North Dakota businesses that make improvements to their facilities aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19. Developed to improve customer confidence in the marketplace, the Economic Resiliency Grant will award up to $50,000 per eligible business and up to $100,000 for those with multiple locations. Eligible expenses must be direct investments to reduce the spread of infection, such as improvements that create a distance between customers and employees. This means that grant funds can be used for ArmorBoss™ protective shields and sneeze guards from PS Public Protection™.

The new Hydro1™ line of flood doors serve as both passive flood-protection barriers and normal-use pedestrian/egress doors. Always in place, Hydro1 products are engineered to provide 24-hour passive flood-protection (no human intervention is required to deploy them) while still providing convenient access. Hydro1 Flood Doors feature the lowest leakage rate in the industry, with independent-party-witnessed factory testing to 3′ and 20′ water protection heights (and 50% less leakage than the ANSI/FM 2510 Section 4.3.3 standard).

As COVID-19 continues to influence our lives, businesses and communities, we would like to update our customers on how we are responding and how we are addressing any potential impact on production.