LANCASTER - Local safety forces leaders are leaving it to their employees discretion to receive the COVID-19 vaccination, while still enforcing state and local safety protocols.
Doses of the vaccine were available to firefighters in December of 2020, and while initially promised to law enforcement officers around the same time, doses for police weren t available in Ohio until March of this year.
And while the vaccine isn t compulsory, local department leaders feel their employees will follow proper guidelines when dealing with the public.
Vaccinations have been made available to much of the general public at this point.
Sheriff s office
Fairfield County Sheriff Alex Lape said the sheriff s office chose to lead by example, getting the vaccine when it was available.
Prairie du Chien firefighters save dog and get plenty of kisses in return
The dog fell through the ice while retrieving a stick
March 8, 2021 6:27 PM Amy DuPont
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PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. (WKBT)- Talk about right place right time. The Prairie du Chien Fire Department was in training Saturday, March 6th, when they got a real emergency call. Firefighters saved a life and got plenty of kisses in return.
The spring thaw is happening fast; too fast for a family playing fetching on the backwaters on the Mississippi River. Their black lab ran out onto the ice to retrieve a stick and fell right through. “He tried putting his paws on the ice but couldn’t pull himself up.”, says Assistant Fire Chief Steve Rickleff.
Westhampton voters advance public safety complex
Westhampton Select Board member Maureen Dempsey checks a long line of residents in for a special drive-thru town meeting at the Hampshire Regional High School parking lot to approve a new multimillion-dollar public safety complex Saturday in Westhampton. FOR THE GAZETTE/Sabato Visconti
With the floor open for public comment, Westhampton resident Matt Murphy asks questions about the bidding process for a new public safety complex during a special socially distanced Saturday Town Meeting at Hampshire Regional High School in Westhampton. FOR THE GAZETTE/Sabato Visconti
A special Town Meeting to approve a new public safety complex drew a large turnout, creating an unexpected traffic jam outside the Hampshire Regional High School Saturday in Westhampton. FOR THE GAZETTE/Sabato Visconti
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