Originally Posted by
Weatherboy
The firefighters in Hawaii are among the best in the nation. The issue isn't whether they want to serve or are funded to serve. The issue is COVID-19 is spreading in the firehouses, requiring firefighters to quarantine for 14 days whether or not they're showing symptoms. You have 1 COVID positive firefighter in a room with 10 others, that's 11 firefighters you're down.
In my community, they're already warning that COVID is leaving us extraordinarily vulnerable to firefighting. (Our battalion chief was the first to get it.)
I can see a difference with the staff in the last couple of months. Mask use is taken much more serious now from what I’m seeing compared to 2 months ago.
Your point is very valid though, in fact incredibly important.