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Make your own copy. Open the CAT Deployment Gear & Equipment Checklist. It opens a fresh, editable copy in your own Google Drive. Pack to it before you deploy, check off each item, rename it, make it yours; the original stays unchanged.
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The gear a commercial CAT crew should roll with
A RocketLevel checklist, backed by decades of experience in the trade. When a storm hits and you deploy, the worst time to discover a missing piece of equipment is on site, hours from the nearest supply house. This is a clone-and-adapt gear and equipment checklist for a commercial catastrophe (CAT) deployment, the drying and extraction equipment, the power, the safety gear, the documentation tools, and the personal essentials, so nothing gets left behind.
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The principle: a CAT deployment is a self-sufficient expedition. You may be working far from your shop, in a region where hotels are full and supply houses are stripped. Pack to be independent for the first stretch, then resupply.
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Drying, extraction, and air
- [ ] Dehumidifiers (low-grain refrigerant, or LGR, and desiccant for large or cold commercial spaces).
- [ ] Air movers (standard and axial), high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) air scrubbers, HEPA vacuums.
- [ ] Extraction units (portable and truck-mount as the job calls for).
- [ ] Moisture meters (non-invasive and pin), thermo-hygrometers.
Power and logistics
- [ ] Generators and fuel, distribution boxes, cord ramps, extension cords.
- [ ] Temporary lighting.
- [ ] Containment (poly, zipper doors, tape), floor protection, walk-off mats.
- [ ] Hand tools, demolition tools, wet and dry shop vacuums.
Safety and PPE
- [ ] PPE for the hazard level: respirators and cartridges, suits, gloves, eye protection, hard hats, steel-toe boots, safety vests.
- [ ] Respirator paperwork travels with the respirators. Pack the current fit test record and medical clearance for every deploying tech, and pack cartridges against a written change schedule where one is required. 29 CFR 1910.134(d)(3)(iii) covers protection against gases and vapors, and it gives you two routes: (A) an atmosphere-supplying respirator, or (B) an air-purifying respirator. Take route (B) and the cartridge either carries an end-of-service-life indicator certified by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) under (B)(1), or, where no indicator is appropriate for your workplace conditions, (B)(2) requires a written change schedule based on objective information or data. So the schedule is the fallback from the indicator, on gas and vapor work, rather than a blanket duty on every cartridge, and what it replaces is waiting for a tech to smell breakthrough.
- [ ] Clean-shaven sealing surface for every tech assigned a tight-fitting respirator. Facial hair in the seal is barred under 1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A), so settle that before the truck leaves the yard.