Saskatoon Fire Department paramedics ready, willing to help with vaccine rollout
Primary-care paramedics at the Saskatoon Fire Department will be offered the COVID-19 vaccine as part of priority groups within the province, but there is some concern not all frontline firefighters were included.
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Wayne Rodger, assistant chief with the SFD, says more than 20 primary-care paramedics are ready to vaccinate
Posted: Jan 17, 2021 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: January 17
Wayne Rodger, assistant chief with the Saskatoon Fire Department, says almost two dozen primary-care paramedics with the department are ready and willing to help with the province s COVID-19 vaccine rollout. (Guy Quenneville/CBC)
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As we get closer to Christmas Day, the Saskatoon Fire Department is prepared to answer your call.
“There’ll be some additional challenges and some sacrifices by us all in order to get safely through this Christmas,” Saskatoon Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief Wayne Rodger told 650 CKOM Wednesday.
“More of us are staying home, we’re not travelling, so (the) potential for risk goes up. Because now, instead of gathering multiple people at a single location, family and friend wise, we’re all staying home.
“From a risk-management prospective, (this Christmas) creates more opportunities for something to go wrong.”