At least one volunteer fire company in Montville is still awaiting the results of some COVID-19 tests after several firefighters test positive in town.
There is no shortage of emergency calls in Montville these days.
“The uptick of COVID-19 in this area has brought a lot more calls,” said Gary Murphy, the former Chief of the Oakdale Fire Company and its current President.
But there are fewer firefighters on call now. Nine are in quarantine because of COVID.
“To my knowledge right now we have one volunteer who has tested positive for COVID,” said Murphy.
In addition to that volunteer in Oakdale, Mayor Ron McDaniel tells News 8 there are also four full-time firefighters who have tested positive and four who have tested negative but are in quarantine just to be safe. A least one is from Montville Company one.