At least four firefighters with the Riviera Beach Fire-Rescue Department have tested positive for COVID-19, the fire chief confirmed on Tuesday.
WPTV NEWSCHANNEL FIVE'S TANIAROGERS REPORTS, RIGHT NOW SOMERIVIERA BEACH FIREFIGHTERS AHOME.<< THE RIVIERA BEACH FIRDEPARTMENT SAYS THERE AREFIREFIGHTERS AT HORECOVERING FROM COVID-19.
"WEHAD OUR FIRST INDIVIDUAL WHOHAD DEVELOPED SOME SYMPTOMSLAST WEEK EARLY MONDAY AND WESENT THE CREW DOWN TO GETTESTING THROUGH CONTACTRACING." "THE FIRE CHIEF SAYSFOUR FIREFIGHTERS TESTEDPOSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS.
ANDTEN OTHERS WERE TOLD TSELF-ISOLATE." "IN A STATION,TWO THE FIVE INDIVIDUALS THATWORK TOGETHER DID TESTPOSITIVE.
SO WE'VE SEEN THATHAPPEN IN THE STATION.
TOTHERS ARE JUST SIMPLY DEALINGWITH SOCIETY, WHETHER IT BTHEIR SPOUSE, THEIR CHILDREN,THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS." THEFIREFIGHTERS WHO ARE SELFISOLATING WILL BE RE-TESTED."TESTING IS KEY.
WE'VEACTUALLY HAD COVID IMPACT OURAGENCY IN MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTSBUT BY FINDING THE TESTINGRELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITHAMERICAN CARE.
GETTING TTESTING, GETTING THE EMPLOYEESTREATED AND SAFELY RETURNITHEM BACK TO WORK." WHEN ANEMPLOYEE SAYS THEY FEEL SICK"WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO GETTESTING AND THAT PROVIDES USWITH INFORMATION AS ANEMPLOYER SO WE KNOW TO DO THEAPPROPRIATE CONTACT TRACING SOTHE VIRUS DOES NOT ADVERSELYIMPACT OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDSERVICE." ""WE ARE GOING TOCONTINUE TO WORK THE FRONTLINES.
I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENDTHE MEN AND WOMEN OF RIVIERABEACH FIRE RESCUE AND NOTFORGET THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT." TANIAROGERS, WPTV, NEWSCHANNELFIVE.
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