Jacksonville, FL — Nassau County Emergency Management is asking for your help, when it comes to protecting first responders.
"If they are calling for law enforcement or fire rescue response to their location, to make sure that they advise dispatchers of any symptoms that they have that are consistent with COVID-19," says Director of Emergency Management Greg Foster.
The warning comes as three members of the Fernandina Beach Fire Department have been forced to quarantine themselves for 14 days, after transporting two patients to the hospital who later tested positive for coronavirus.
"They're being monitored. They're under the self-quarantine protocol that's given out by the CDC and the Florida Department of Health," says Foster, when asked if these individuals are showing any symptoms.
Foster says throughout this crisis they have been identifying protocols to help better protect first responders who answer calls. They do not believe that the fire rescue houses will be impacted by this.
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