COVID-19 cases continue to rise among his members, Vancouver’s fire chief is joining the call to reprioritize first responder vaccines in B.C.
Two Vancouver firefighters test positive for coronavirus, others potentially exposed “Our staff are being compromised,” Vancouver Fire Rescue Service (VFRS) Chief Karen Fry told Global News.The service’s more than 800 employees are already on the front lines of the overdose crisis and since March of last year, every call has come with the added risk of being exposed to COVID-19.“We don’t have Plexiglas in front of us,” Fry said.“We’re hands-on on the streets and we’re in people’s homes.”Fry said they are seeing presymptomatic or asymptomatic staff unknowingly bringing the virus into fire halls.