Operations, Maintenance & Safety
The Station Facilities & Maintenance Department is in place to ensure smooth and safe operations of camp and its facilities. It is comprised of 3 Departments working hand in hand to provide quality support to our residents while preserving the facilities and assets in camp:
- Operations Department
- Maintenance, Equipment Support & Fabrication Department
- Safety Department
Read more below about what each department does and how we can help!
Operations
A variety of services are supported by the Operations Department:
- Daily camp activities and request support: refueling, dry ice fabrication, freight management and handling, storage management
- Facilities upkeep and cleaning
- Housing assignment
- Admin support: report problems with MyToolik, IT, etc.
- Management of common-use vehicles & other equipment
- Kitchen services
- Daily camp activities and request support: refueling, dry ice fabrication, freight management and handling, storage management
- Facilities upkeep and cleaning
- Housing assignment
- Admin support: report problems with MyToolik, IT, etc.
- Management of common-use vehicles & other equipment
- Kitchen services
Maintenance, Equipment Support & Fabrication (MEF)
The MEF Department provides a wide array of services, from repairing a broken vehicle,
to helping design, troubleshoot or fix a piece of equipment needed for your fieldwork,
while performing routine maintenance tasks and repairs on the entire facility.
Safety & Emergency Medical Support
The Safety Department at TFS is responsible for safety in camp for all residents,
as well as emergency medical support. We are growing this department to develop a
variety of useful field and medical trainings in collaboration with the UAF Environmental
Health, Safety, and Risk Management Department, the NSF and Battelle-ARO.
The Department also provides a variety of services such as lab and other waste management, spill response, and has trained staff year-around (Emergency Medical Technician/EMT, Wilderness-EMT and Wilderness First Responder) to provide medical assistance and support.
The Department also provides a variety of services such as lab and other waste management, spill response, and has trained staff year-around (Emergency Medical Technician/EMT, Wilderness-EMT and Wilderness First Responder) to provide medical assistance and support.