How many Rotarians does it take to ...
How easy is it to erect a ShelterBox tent? Our Rotary Club decided to find out and try a test set up to document the process.
How many Rotarians does it take to ...
The ShelterBox Team after the work is done.
Tent01Open the Box
Tent02 Roll out the Tent
Tent03 Remove the Inner Tent
Tent03 Remove the Inner Tent
Tent04 Open Out the Outer Tent
Tent04 Open Out the Outer Tent
Tent05 Lay Out the Outer Tent Straps Underneath
Tent05 Lay Out the Outer Tent Straps Underneath
Tent06 Join 11 Sections of 4 Black Poles Together
Tent06 Join 11 Sections of 4 Black Poles Together
Tent07 Push Black Poles Through Sleeve UnderSleeve First
Tent07 Push Black Poles Through Sleeve UnderSleeve First
Tent07 Push Black Poles Through Sleeve UnderSleeve First 1
Tent07 Push Black Poles Through Sleeve UnderSleeve First 1
Tent07 Push Black Poles Through Sleeve UnderSleeve First 2
Tent07 Push Black Poles Through Sleeve UnderSleeve First 2
Tent07 Push Black Poles Through Sleeve UnderSleeve First 3
Tent07 Push Black Poles Through Sleeve UnderSleeve First 3
Tent07 Push Black Poles Through Sleeve UnderSleeve First 4
Tent07 Push Black Poles Through Sleeve UnderSleeve First 4
Tent07 Push Black Poles Through Sleeve UnderSleeve First 5
Tent07 Push Black Poles Through Sleeve UnderSleeve First 5
Tent08 Push Black Poles Through OuterSleeve Until 4 Poles All Through
Tent08 Push Black Poles Through OuterSleeve Until 4 Poles All Through
Tent09 4 People 1 per Pole Raise Outertent1
Tent09 4 People 1 per Pole Raise Outertent1
Tent10 Pull Sleeve Down Pole1
Tent10 Pull Sleeve Down Pole1
Tent10 Pull Sleeve Down Pole2
Tent10 Pull Sleeve Down Pole2
Tent11 Put Pin in End of Pole 1
Tent11 Put Pin in End of Pole 1
Tent11 Put Pin in End of Pole 2
Tent11 Put Pin in End of Pole 2
Tent11 Put Pin in End of Pole 3
Tent11 Put Pin in End of Pole 3
Tent12 Outertent Erected 1
Tent12 Outertent Erected 1
Tent12 Outertent Erected 2 Attach Clips
Tent12 Outertent Erected 2 Attach Clips
Tent12 Outertent Erected 3 Clips Attached
Tent12 Outertent Erected 3 Clips Attached
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Tent13 Assemble 2 Small Black Rods (3s) 1
Tent13 Assemble 2 Small Black Rods (3s) 1
Tent13 Assemble 4 Chrome Rods 1
Tent13 Assemble 4 Chrome Rods 1
Tent13 Assemble 4 Chrome Rods 3s 1
Tent13 Assemble 4 Chrome Rods 3s 1
Tent13 Pull Out Porch
Tent13 Pull Out Porch
Tent14 Insert 1 Small Black Rod thru Sleeve Attach Vertical Chrome Rod 1
Tent14 Insert 1 Small Black Rod thru Sleeve Attach Vertical Chrome Rod 1
Tent14 Insert 2 Small Black Rod thru Sleeve Attach Vertical Chrome Rod 2
Tent14 Insert 2 Small Black Rod thru Sleeve Attach Vertical Chrome Rod 2
Tent14 Insert 3 Pin into Base of Vertical Chrome Rod 2
Tent14 Insert 3 Pin into Base of Vertical Chrome Rod 2
Tent14 Insert 3 Second Pin into Base of Vertical Chrome Rod 1
Tent14 Insert 3 Second Pin into Base of Vertical Chrome Rod 1
Tent15 Assemble 2 Grey Flexible thin Rods 4
Tent15 Assemble 2 Grey Flexible thin Rods 4
Tent15 Inside the Tent Insert Grey Rods into Pockets1
Tent15 Inside the Tent Insert Grey Rods into Pockets1
Tent15 Inside the Tent Insert Grey Rods into Pockets2
Tent15 Inside the Tent Insert Grey Rods into Pockets2
Tent15 Inside the Tent Insert Grey Rods into Velcro Sleeves
Tent15 Inside the Tent Insert Grey Rods into Velcro Sleeves
Tent16 1 Align Inner Outer doors Attach Blue Eye to Toggle in Centre of roof
Tent16 1 Align Inner Outer doors Attach Blue Eye to Toggle in Centre of roof
Tent16 2 Attach yellow Eye to Toggle over 1st Door
Tent16 2 Attach yellow Eye to Toggle over 1st Door
Tent16 2 Attach Yellow Eye to Toggle over 1st Door 2
Tent16 2 Attach Yellow Eye to Toggle over 1st Door 2
Tent16 3 Attach Black Eyes to Toggles Working from One Side to the Other
Tent16 3 Attach Black Eyes to Toggles Working from One Side to the Other
Tent16 3 Attach Red Eyes to Toggles at sameTime as Black Eyes above them
Tent16 3 Attach Red Eyes to Toggles at sameTime as Black Eyes above them
Tent17 How Many Rotarians does it take
Tent17 How Many Rotarians does it take
Tent18 And it all fits in here
Tent18 And it all fits in here
How many Rotarians does it take to ...
Have you ever wondered
how easy or difficult it is to set up one of the extremely capacious tents which come in a ShelterBox?
It must be easy or it wouldn't be so successful in disaster areas. And the truth is, it is easy ....but we do it so infrequently that we tend to forget which actions to take in which sequence.
So... at the Rotary Club of Billericay, seven of us decided to try it out and document
- what has to be done
- by whom
- to what
- and when!
Our thanks to our Treasurer Ken Smith for helping us through the process - and being tall enough to reach the blue toggle (don't ask, it will be clear in the following report) to hang the inner tent!
ShelterBox's "Crib Card" has a set of 7 Key Erection Points, each of which has approximately 3 tick points, to take you through the erection process.
In summary these are:
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Clear the area and layout the outer tent
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Join the Long black Poles and push them through the sleeves on the outside of the tent
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Erect the tent - 4 people one at each end of two of the black poles, and secure with the pins
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Peg down and attach the clips
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Erect the Porch using the small black and the alloy rods,
securing with the pins and fit the interior grey poles.
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Align the doors of the inner tent and fix to the toggles (colour coded) on the outer tent
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Secure the tent
Based on our experience we have created a photo-story which can be referenced by "clicking" here or on the instructions icon on the left.
We hope anybody interested will download for their own use if they are involved in setting up a tent. It really is quite simple if 
you follow the process outlined above and reference the photo-story for more detail.
If you prefer a more "book-like" format, then you can load this by clicking on the icon on the right.
As to the answer to the question above, although we had seven people present, we found the best solution was when we used a minimum of 4 Rotarians for point 3 above - one at each end of two parallel poles so that the raising of the tent went as easy and as quickly as possible.
And, if you are setting a tent up for demonstration purposes then you will have to take it down and pack it away again, starting with the inner tent and then the outer. We did this too, and, yes, it really does all fit back (with some energetic help) into one small bag - see below.
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