Over the years a number of industries involved with the manufacture of highly combustible paints, weapons, chemicals, fertilizers and other dangerous chemicals are required to maintain strict health and safety standards for those people who are employed to handle such materials. Although many of these industries are required to provide protective clothing and equipment for staff to wear in such working conditions, outdoor shower enclosures are often installed to allow staff to scrub their external wear clean of contaminants and chemicals they have come into contact at the end of their shift.
Because portable outdoor shower enclosures can be easily shifted or moved around without too much trouble they are now often used to advantage by many of the Emergency services teams such as the Fire Service in situations where they may have to attend a serious incident. With the transport of dangerous chemicals and fuels on road and rail networks at all hours of the day and night it has been recognized in the event of a spillage or accident that the emergency team may need to erect and use a portable outdoor shower enclosure to urgently shower off chemical residues or traces of contaminants they may have come into contact with.
Portable shower enclosures are manufactured from durable PVC (polyvinylchloride) material. The enclosures are popular with consumers because they are very light to carry, easy to erect and because of their portability they can be easily stored and transported in the boot of a vehicle. Portable shower enclosures have also been effectively put to use by the Police and Drug Enforcement Agencies in situations where officers have been in contact with chemicals or other contaminants found at the scene of a crime. For example, a portable shower enclosure can be used in such situations to quickly wash off any dangerous toxic substances from staff contaminated with chemical residues at the scene.