Hamburg Fire Department Receives Canned Drinking Water from Anheuser-Busch
July 28th, 2022 by Joe Burgess
Hamburg Fire & Rescue recently received a donation of canned emergency drinking water from leading brewer, Anheuser-Busch, to help provide critical hydration to its responders during this year’s wildfire season.
On July 20, HEPCO – El Dorado, a local Anheuser-Busch wholesaler partner, delivered a pallet / 4500 cans of drinking water to the department to help support its wildfire response needs. Maintaining firefighters’ hydration during long incidents or disasters such as wildfires is a major safety concern for many departments.
Pictured l to r, Tristan Hollis (HFD), Tyler Kelly (HFD), Kevin Norton (HFD), Bubba Robertson (HEPCO), Daniel Livingston (HFD), David Streeter (Hamburg Mayor)
Hamburg Fire & Rescue response area is ~160 square miles in Central Ashley County.
“Firefighters lose a tremendous amount of fluid during high-intensity response such as battling wildfires. Proper hydration is critical to ensure the safety of our firefighters and to keep them performing at their best,” said Chief Hollis. “Thanks to this water donation from Anheuser-Busch and the National Volunteer Fire Council, we have the resources to keep our firefighters hydrated and ready to respond.”
The water was donated by Anheuser-Busch through apartnership with the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC). Anheuser-Busch has a longstanding tradition of providing emergency drinking water and supplies for disaster relief efforts. The company periodically pauses beer production each year to apply its production and logistics expertise to can clean, safe drinking water that is ready to distribute when disaster strikes. Since 1988, the brewer has donated more than 90 million cans of emergency drinking water to communities impacted by natural disasters and other crises.
Building on this commitment, the brewer teamed up with the NVFC – the leading nonprofit membership association representing the interests of the volunteer fire, emergency medical, and rescue services – in 2019 to provide emergency drinking water to help firefighters stay hydrated and healthy when responding to wildfires and large incidents. To date, the program has donated nearly4.9 million cans of water to volunteer firefighters across the country.
