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Push for Jacksonville firefighters to be among first to receive COVID-19 vaccine
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – As Florida prepares for the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to be distributed, there’s a push to get firefighters who deal with medical calls to the front of the line.
Right now firefighters who are also EMTs are not in Phase 1 of the vaccine plan like hospital workers are. Currently, they are in Phase 2.
Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis is pushing to get firefighters bumped up to Phase 1.
“Our firefighters are also, 90% of them are EMT’s,” Patronis said. “90% of them are showing up at a person’s house, not knowing what that 911 call, not knowing what that person is asking them to do and not knowing what type of environment they’re in. All we’re saying is treat them the same way you treat our doctors and nurses.”