Site Overview

Long Term Leasing capability (up to 75 years!)

24/7 Security Services:

Protective security measures in place at MAF include physical barriers, security guard personnel, electronic and mechanical detection and monitoring equipment, floodlights, warning signs and labels, and identification badges for personnel and vehicles. The security system at the MAF is utilized to control access to specific portions of the facility, and is divided into three zones.

Protective Services (Security)

• 24 hour Emergency Dispatch
• On-base 911 Call Center
• Federally trained and Certified Armed Security Officers
• Investigative Services
• Locksmith

Fire Response Services

• On site New Orleans Fire Department Engine 45 Fire Station providing professional, state certified firefighting
• Supported by City of New Orleans Fire Department
• Fire alarm response (additional fire personnel and equipment)
• Hazardous Materials Response Team
• Confined Space and High Angle Rescue teams
• Site wide automatic fire detection and fire suppression systems
• State of the art systems reporting to central emergency dispatch

Emergency Medical Services

• Provided by the City of New Orleans
• Ambulances and paramedics staff
• State of the art medical care
• Emergency medical treatment and transport 24/7
• State certified emergency medical personnel

Occupational Health Clinic Onsite

The MAF has a medical facility located on the first floor of Building 320. Health services provided include pre-employment testing, review of medical history, and physical examinations. Emergency services are also provided to anyone on the facility. The Employee Assistance Program (EAP), directed by a licensed professional counselor, provides services by appointment and on an emergency basis. Several innovative programs were developed to help employees cope following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.

• Professional, state accredited staff (physician, nurses, x-ray technicians and support staff)
• Providing Occupational Health services M-F
• Emergency and Non-Emergency Medical Services

Hurricane Protection

One of MAF’s greatest strengths in the region is the extremely low risk stance that NASA has taken over the past several decades with regard to hurricane protection. It is imperative to the NASA mission that the equipment, infrastructure, and hardware contained in the site’s buildings be protected from catastrophe’s to a degree well beyond the norm, despite the infrequency of major storms in the area (less than one every 12 years on average). This is the reason that MAF includes an independent pump station, fire brigade, on site ambulance service, and security force on site.

Although the current system was successfully proven during Hurricane Katrina, the worst disaster in our nation’s history, NASA’s low risk mentality has brought additional federal funding (approximately $178 million). The levees have been raised an additional 2 to 3 feet. The pump system has been upgraded, and a redundant system was constructed in the Fall 2011. Even the roofing on site has been replaced on all of the buildings. The Army Corps of Engineers is also reaching the end of the largest design build project they have ever conducted – creating a new barrier that runs in parallel to our own raised levee and renders our levees virtually unnecessary except as a back-up system.