The Hawaii Fire Department reports that one of its active-duty employees and a non-HFD employee participating in EMT training have tested positive for COVID-19.
Both personnel were notified that they were identified as close contacts to a positive case while off-duty. Although they were then tested and received their positive result, HFD says the cases are not related.
In total, 30 personnel from a Hilo, Puna, and Kona based station are currently quarantined due to work-related contact with those individuals. An additional 5 department employees are in quarantine due to non-work-related exposure. All personnel are being monitored by the Department of Health and its COVID-19 tracing team.
All personnel, inclusive of the two positive cases are asymptomatic. Fire Chief Darren Rosario says there are no breaks in service to the public. Battalion Chiefs are reassigning on-duty personnel or recalling off-duty personnel to cover shortages.