ENVIRONMENTAL TECTONICS CORPORATION Corporate Press Release
ETC Announces that its Advanced Disaster Management Simulator (ADMS™) is now Eligible for Purchase under 2006 Homeland Security Grant Program January 16, 2006
Southampton, Pa., January 16, 2006: Environmental Tectonics Corporation (AMEX:ETC) ("ETC" or the "Company") today announced that its Advanced Disaster Management Simulator (ADMS™) is eligible for purchase under the recently announced Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Fiscal Year 2006 Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP). The HSGP integrates five programs: the State Homeland Security Program, the Urban Areas Security Initiative, the Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program, the Metropolitan Medical Response System and the Citizen Corps Program. Each state must submit applications for the HSGP funds by March 2, 2006. The grant guidance and application kit are available on the DHS website at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/docs/fy2006hsgp.pdf. The goals that HSGP seek to fund include: Expanded regional collaboration Implement the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and National Response Plan (NRP) Implement the interim National Infrastructure Protection Plan The HSGP goals also have capability-specific priorities, which include strengthening: Information-sharing and collaboration capabilities Interoperable communications capabilities Chemical, biological, radiological/nuclear, and explosive detection, response, and decontamination capabilities Medical surge and mass prophylaxis capabilities ADMS has been recognized to address the training needs of the goals of the HSGP, and is on the Office of Domestic Preparedness' list of approved training systems. In December, the Southeast Pennsylvania Counter-Terrorism Task Force selected ADMS to incorporate into their training program and has received funding approval under the HSGP. ADMS simultaneously trains entire response teams in the four C's of disaster management: Command, Control, Coordination and Communication. ADMS simulates emergency incidents such as terrorist acts, Weapons of Mass Destruction, hazardous material spills, multi-vehicle road accidents, fires and natural disasters. ADMS authentically simulates the dynamic elements of the environment (people, vehicles, threats) that are significant in a disaster situation - and the outcomes of actions taken provide authentic feedback, resulting in real skill building. For over a decade, ADMS has been in use at US Airports and major firefighting and emergency response training facilities worldwide, and is an industry-proven and mature solution for optimal emergency preparedness. ETC designs, develops, installs and maintains aircrew training systems, public entertainment systems, process simulation systems (sterilization and environmental), clinical hyperbaric systems, environmental testing and simulation systems, and related products for domestic and international customers. This press release may include forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about the Company that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any other future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may", "will", "should', "could", "would", "expect", "plan", "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "continue", or the negative of such terms or similar expressions. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, contract cancellations, failure to obtain new contracts, political unrest in customer countries, unfavorable results in litigation, general economic conditions, and those issues identified from time to time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings and other public documents, including, without limitation, our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended February 25, 2005.
CONTACT: Duane D. Deaner, CFO of Environmental Tectonics, 215-355-9100, ext.1203, fax 215-357-4000 or email: ddeaner@etcusa.com www.admstraining.com