Penco Patriot Fully Framed Readiness Lockers

Patriot is Penco’s family of fully framed lockers built for first responders and military personnel. Instead of a standard locker with a few add-ons, Patriot starts with a heavy-gauge, cold-rolled steel body on a true fully framed structure and lets each department outfit it for the job: drawers, security boxes, partitions, bench seats, phone and key trays, document sleeves and body armor racks.

Penco builds four Patriot bodies: the Duty locker for law enforcement, the double-door Gear locker, the open-front Turnout locker and the TA-50 locker for military issue gear. All come in Penco’s 24 standard powder-coat colors, with two-tone schemes available, and in knocked-down or welded construction.

We call them readiness lockers because the goal is the same in every station: the right gear, in the same place, ready to grab when the call comes. Officers need uniforms, duty belts and body armor organized and secured. Firefighters and flight crews need open, ventilated access to turnout gear. Military units need room for oversized TA-50 issue.

Material Handling USA quotes and lays out Patriot lockers as part of our Penco lockers line. For every station locker option, including other brands and gear racks, see our police and fire station lockers guide.

The Gear locker is the most configurable Patriot body. Penco describes a double-door locker 24 to 48 inches wide and 72 inches high with storage at the top and bottom that leaves nearly four feet between the shelves for hanging uniforms and other gear. It is also available 78 inches high and, at 18 inches deep, in 18- or 24-inch widths.

Door rules are simple: 18-inch-wide Gear lockers are single door only, 24-inch lockers come single or double door, and anything wider is double door only. Every Gear locker uses the Ultra Cremone recessed handle, and because the interior is fully configurable, shelves, coat rods and partitions are chosen as accessories.

Penco describes its TA-50 locker as government and military inspired: a heavy-duty locker sized for bulky issue gear. Every TA-50 is 78 inches high and 24 inches deep, in 36, 42 or 48-inch widths, on a tubular boxed frame. The 14-gauge double doors hang on a 16-gauge continuous hinge and come solid, diamond-perforated or louvered.

Sides are flattened expanded metal for maximum ventilation, or 16-gauge solid. Unlike the Gear locker, the TA-50 comes in a set configuration: every unit includes a hat shelf, coat rod and hooks, and the 4- or 6-inch channel base is the only accessory Penco lists for it.

If your users store a packed bag rather than a full kit, the Penco Rapid Response Duffel Locker gives each user an individually locked compartment sized for pre-loaded duty bags and oversized TA-50 duffels. If you want something simpler and open-front for a team room or small station, the Stadium uses preconfigured options instead of the Patriot accessory list.

Comparing brands? Our Dasco tactical gear lockers page and heavy-duty lockers guide cover alternatives, and police and fire station lockers compares them by station area.