Responder Preparedness: Bottled Water Bottled water is the emergency responders' preferred source for personal hydration. This 30 minute program will explain why and discuss logistical, technical and personal issues for responders including EMS, EMT, law enforcement and 911.  Access this program NOW.        RATINGS: [EC] [SP] [CS] [CM] [EM] [MD]  Program Description Emergency responders are our first line of defense. Emergency responders - from first responders to those who support them, such as 911, the Red Cross, US Public Health Service, CERT and others - must personally plan to protect themselves, and their loved ones, while they are protecting the rest of us. This LEAPS.TV series, Responder Preparedness, moderated by Judith Weshinskey-Price, manager of Amarillo Emergency Communications, will cover topics of particular interest to first responders and the managers and policy makers who must assure responder safety in an emergency. This program, Bottled Water, is aptly named because this program covers the topic of responder hydration and personal water needs, specifically bottled water. Most members of the law enforcement and public safety community are unaware of the wide range of logistical hurdles that must be cleared to bring safe, fresh, life-giving drinking water to responders in an emergency and these issues have subtle nuances based upon the timing and location of the emergency, whether responders are stationary, such as at the command post or the emergency communications center or are mobile in emergency vehicles, choppers or other transport. These issues and the issues of transportation, storage, shelf life, perishability, quality assurance and other subtleties will be addressed. Judith's guest on this program is Bob Hirst, Vice President - Education, Science, and Technical Relations with the International Bottled Water Association. This program is pre-recorded but your questions can still be asked and answered via the Responder Preparedness Q&A Forum. [Recommend this LEAPS.TV program to a colleague.] Guest Bio Bob Hirst, Vice President - Education, Science, and Technical Relations International Bottled Water Association Bob Hirst is Vice President of Education, Science, and Technical Relations for the International Bottled Water Association. Bob manages the Association’s annual bottled water plant Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) and Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) audit programs, bottled water security initiatives, and education program. He provides educational services to member companies and speaks to domestic and international organizations and government agencies on a variety of bottled water technical and regulatory issues, including groundwater management, water treatment and processing, bottled water security, good manufacturing practices (GMPs), HACCP, and quality standards. Bob has technical and regulatory experience in both the government and private sectors, having served with a federal food safety agency (US Department of Agriculture), a state drinking water agency (NJ Department. of Environmental Protection), and two testing and consulting companies. Bob’s industry experience includes quality assurance, process control, packaging, laboratory analysis, new natural water source evaluation, permitting and plant startup procedures with a bottled water company with plants in Pennsylvania, Florida, and California. Bob has a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Biology from Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. He has also completed graduate level courses in environmental chemistry at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Moderator Bio Judith Weshinskey-Price, Manager Amarillo Emergency Communications Judith Weshinskey-Price is Emergency Communication Center Manager with the City of Amarillo. Her initial duties include the consolidation of three separate Public Safety Access Points (PSAPs/dispatch centers) into the new Amarillo Emergency Communication Center. Prior to coming to the City of Amarillo Ms. Weshinskey-Price spent five years as a shift supervisor with Brown County Public Safety Communications in Green Bay, Wisconsin, a consolidated center that acted as the PSAP for the county and dispatched almost all of the area response agencies including police, fire, and EMS. Ms. Price also spent several years as a dispatcher and supervisor with the Victoria (TX) Police Department. She is active in the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) having served on the Member and Chapter Services Committees and participated as a subject matter expert with the Member Assistance Advisory Program. Ms. Weshinskey-Price holds a bachelor's degree in Emergency Management from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and has earned her Registered Public-Safety Leader certification through APCO. She has been active in almost all aspects of emergency communications including training, quality assurance, policy development, instructing, dispatching, and call taking. Advisors   > Rick Cox, Program Advisor         CERT Member, Trainer, Author, Training Institute for Public Safety (911 TIPS)   > Chris R. Hinshaw, ENP, Program Advisor         Consultant, Hinshaw Enterprises   > Alicia Welch, Program Advisor         DHS / FEMA CHDS Alumni Fellow, DHS National Preparedness Directorate 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 The Law Enforcement And Public Safety Channel.