Drive Thru Vaccinations for a Pandemic You can do banking, eat a meal and pick up finished photos from your car, why not get shots to avoid a pandemic? See how it has been done in a trial program in Sandwich, Massachusetts.  A pre-recorded, no cost, program is available now.    RATINGS: [EM] [MD]  Program Description The one hour LEAPS web program, Vaccinations in a Pandemic, takes the viewer through the steps of establishing an optimum point of distribution for vaccine and is especially timely due to the increases in occurrences of the swine flu in the United States within the last several weeks. In November 2008, the Town of Sandwich, Massachusetts (population 25,000) constructed and tested a drive thru flu vaccine clinic as a verification of the town's pandemic preparedness. The test was considered a success with a total of 1,000 citizens vaccinated over a 7 hr period, which means that with only a single Point of Distribution (POD) site the entire young adult and adult population could have been vaccinated within a week. This LEAPS program will highlight the use of a unified command combining resources from the National Guard, State Department of Public Health, County Health Department and coordinated by a Type III Incident Management Team to handle the POD site. This LEAPS web program will provide the viewer with suggestions and talking points on important roles in the scenario such as Safety Officer, Vaccination Storage Manager and other positions designated by the National Incident Management System (NIMS). [Recommend this LEAPS.TV program to a colleague.] Presenter Bio Inspector John JJ Burke, Fire Prevention Officer Sandwich Fire-Rescue Department Inspector John J JJ Burke is a 15-year member of the Sandwich (MA) Fire-Rescue Department. He has served in the Communications and Suppression Divisions and was promoted to Fire Prevention Officer/Fire Inspector in 2005. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Fire Science from Columbia Southern University and is nationally certified as a Firefighter I/II, Fire Inspector I/II, Fire Officer, Hazardous Materials Operations and Incident Safety Officer. He is certified in all levels of the National Incident Management system and is a member of the Barnstable County All Hazards Type III Incident Management Team where he holds qualifications as Operations Section Chief and Facilities Unit Leader. Inspector Burke is a member of the Cape and Islands Critical Incident Stress Management Team. He has completed both the Exercise Design and Evaluation Course and the Command and General Staff Functions for Incident Management Team courses at the National Fire Academy and is an Adjunct Professor at the Center for Health Care Emergency Management at the Boston University School of Medicine. He has authored the Town of Sandwich Pandemic Preparedness Exercise and School Evacuation Exercises and has written several other multiagency exercises. Inspector Burke has presented web programs on the Law Enforcement And Public Safety channel (LEAPS.TV) and has written articles for CHEMZYNE and Domestic Preparedness, an IMR Group publication. Sponsored by This program is being made available at no charge to the law enforcement and public safety community thanks to the generous support of Boston University School of Medicine.