The Los Angeles County Fire Department has enacted new procedures and given out new equipment to its personnel in order to keep them and the public safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a social media live stream video, Los Angeles County Fire Department Chief Daryl Osby said Fire Department personnel had completed new COVID-19 response training, and learned the new criteria for assessing patients.
They’ve also been given equipment such as gloves, masks, goggles and gowns in order to protect them from exposure, Osby said. “In addition to that, when you dial 9-1-1, our dispatchers have been trained to ask additional questions to relay that information to our first responders en route,” said Osby on Thursday.