Services: Lodging

Securing sufficient lodging in or near the affected area for emergency personnel can be an immense challenge. To meet this challenge, BASE Logistics has developed procedures to identify, secure and monitor capacity prior to and during emergency events. In addition, we've designed check-in procedures to expedite getting personnel into their assigned lodging facilities.

BASE personnel canvas our customers' service territory to identify available lodging facilities, obtaining each property's individual capacity and seasonal occupancy level. BASE then presents the requirements to the management staff and obtains rate commitments from each facility to secure lodging and manage capacity during an emergency response.

Additionally, BASE has established relationships with several hotel/motel chain National Account Managers and Property Management Companies. These relationships help us to secure blocks of rooms with multiple properties within a region.

BASE personnel are acutely aware of the competitive situation that exists in a regional crisis. Several entities compete simultaneously for the finite lodging resources in the area, continuing throughout the restoration period. BASE's experience enables our staff to proactively secure and maintain critical lodging resources throughout an event.

Our proven processes ensure optimal utilization of available resources, and provide solutions to persistent problems associated with lodging in emergency events.

Alternative Housing

Sleep Tents

Often, in the aftermath of a catastrophic events, traditional housing facilities for emergency respondents are not readily available. In these situations, Base Logistics, through our modular building vendor network, can provide mobile, self-contained modular living quarters to house personnel.

These units are especially useful in remote locations or in places where traditional lodging has been compromised, such as the 2004 Hurricane season, which saw four hurricanes (Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne) batter the region around the Gulf of Mexico and Florida.

BASE can also arrange for air-conditioned sleeping tents, equipped with flooring and beds. We can also provide beds and other ancillary items for barracks and/or dormitory style lodging in public buildings such as Civic Centers and Gymnasiums.

Utilization of these resources allows for placement of the workforce in the affected area as opposed to quartering in distant lodging facilities reducing lengthy, non-productive transit situations.