| As an incident commander, you are responsible | | | | firefighter rehab. |
| for ensuring the safety of your crews in an | | | | - Water purification units that are truck mounted |
| extremely challenging work environment. By the | | | | provide immediate access to potable water. |
| time most emergency personnel stop to drink | | | | Reasons bolted water does not work: |
| water, they are already at a dangerous point of | | | | - It is expensive. |
| dehydration. This is compounded by the challenges | | | | - It requires manpower and vehicles to obtain, |
| of providing easily accessible water to your crews. | | | | distribute and dispose of. |
| While water is available on the apparatus, it is not | | | | - It produces unnecessary waste. |
| clean to drink or easy to distribute. Bottled water | | | | - It cannot replenish. |
| is an equally challenging alternative as it requires | | | | - It is hard to transport to remote deployments |
| logistics, available personnel and transportation. | | | | or to disaster zones. |
| Top 5 considerations for water purification: | | | | A water purification system should contain |
| - Your water purification system should utilized | | | | advanced technology to ensure your crews are |
| advanced technology that not only cleans and | | | | drinking safe water. Mechanical filtration eliminates |
| filters but also disinfects. | | | | debris and micro-organisms by filtering water |
| - The best water filtration systems are | | | | through tiny pores. The smallest filter in your |
| lightweight, portable and solar powered. This allows | | | | system should be no more than.5 microns. |
| maximum flexibility in deployment. | | | | Ultraviolet light provides disinfection by killing |
| - A water treatment system that produces 60 | | | | organisms it is exposed to. For maximum |
| gallons per hour can sustain most any size crew | | | | exposure, your filtration system should expose |
| throughout an emergency. | | | | water to UV light through a double pass system. |
| - Water filtration units should be able to operate | | | | Lastly, a carbon block filter will remove taste and |
| with zero recovery time to ensure continual | | | | odor from the water. |
