Shasta County Health and Human Services worked with multiple agencies to acquire 100 doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine for local firefighters.
Shasta Health said the initial request for these vaccines was made by the U.S. Forestry.
Shasta County needed help filling this request in a timely manner, so California Highway Patrol volunteered their Air Operations Team to help deliver the vaccines. The vaccines were delivered early Tuesday morning.
The one-shot Johnson and Johnson vaccines are easier for firefighters with unpredictable schedules to get vaccinated.
"It's super convenient for them to get the one dose and be done so they don’t have to come back for a second dose, or try and remember, or they’re out on a fire, and all of those different types of challenges that come up," said Deputy Branch Director of Shasta Health and Human Services Kerri Schuette. "So, this allows them to get that one dose and be protected."