Morgue Freezers
Morgue Freezers Built to Any Size
When remains need to be held for weeks or months, refrigeration alone isn't enough. AWIC manufactures morgue freezers in every shape and size, from compact units to walk-in freezers with rolling racks, built in the USA for medical examiners, hospitals, universities, and funeral service. They sit alongside our full range of mortuary coolers.
Do you need a cooler, a freezer, or both?
| Mortuary cooler | Morgue freezer | |
|---|---|---|
| Typical use | Short-term holding before services, transfer, autopsy, or cremation | Long-term holding |
| Temperature | Typically 35°F to 40°F | Below freezing, set to your facility's specification |
| Floor | Floorless or insulated | Insulated floor |
| Who needs it | Every funeral home, hospital, and morgue | Medical examiners, coroners, anatomy programs, larger hospitals |
Most facilities need a walk-in mortuary cooler or body box for day-to-day use. A freezer becomes necessary when remains must be held long-term, for example unidentified or unclaimed decedents, or extended holding for an investigation or donor program.
Who uses morgue freezers
Long-term storage of unidentified or unclaimed remains while identification or legal processes continue.
ME and coroner storageExtended holding when release is delayed.
Storage for donor bodies and specimens.
Added long-term capacity alongside refrigerated storage.
Built for freezer duty
- 100% made in the USA.
- Insulated NSF-certified floor. Rated for uniformly distributed loads up to 700 lb per square foot, with an aluminum, stainless steel, or diamond-tread finish.
- High-density insulated panels, no wood. Meeting federal minimums for walk-in freezers: at least R-32 for walls, ceilings, and doors, and R-28 for floors.
- Freezer doors. A concealed heated jamb and threshold heater, and a heated pressure-relief vent, sized for cots and racks.
- Rolling body racks. Manufactured by AWIC.
- High/low temperature and power-failure alarm. With battery backup and audible, visual, and remote alerts.
- Russell refrigeration. Matched to your box size, location, and use.
Any size, any layout
We build morgue freezers to your space. Send us your room dimensions and the number of positions you need, and we'll design the layout.
Layout options
- Stand-alone walk-in freezers for long-term storage
- Cooler and freezer combinations, with a cooler for daily use and a freezer section for long-term holding
- Indoor or outdoor installation, with a heavy-duty membrane roof cap outdoors
- Expandable cam-lock panels, so the freezer can grow with your caseload
Warranty
- Insulated panels
- 20 years
- Doors
- 5 years
- Parts
- 1 year
- Optional extended
- 5-yr compressor / 1-yr labor
Walk-in freezers for other uses
For other applications, see our full range of walk-in freezers.
Walk-in freezersLong-term storage of remains, most often unidentified or unclaimed decedents held by medical examiners and coroners, and donor bodies held by anatomy programs.
Talk To Us About a Morgue Freezer
Tell us how many positions you need, how long you hold remains, and the space you have. We'll design the layout and send a written quote.
1-800-430-4468- 100% made in the USA
- 20-year panel warranty
- Current lead time: 4 to 6 weeks
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