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Engineer/paramedic Dave Magnan, one of six firefighters to volunteer to staff the Menlo Park Fire Protection District s Pandemic Medical Response Unit, was vaccinated against COVID-19 last week. Courtesy Menlo Park Fire Protection District.
Two firefighters were among the first in San Mateo County to receive one of the COVID-19 vaccines last week.
They were part of a group of six firefighters and paramedics who volunteered to staff a two-person Pandemic Emergency Response Unit for the Menlo Park Fire Protection District, which serves Menlo Park, Atherton, East Palo Alto and surrounding unincorporated communities, according to a Dec. 24 district press release. The team was equipped with an upgraded level of personal protective equipment and protocols to respond to possible COVID-19 medical incidents.