Albuquerque Fire Rescue is taking extra measures to not only protect the community but keep first responders healthy while they continue to work during the coronavirus outbreak. Dispatchers are now asking callers more questions to limit exposure. Firefighters are now also going through a screening process when they start their shifts. “That screening is taking of a temperature and asking him if you have a new cough since the last time you were at work have you developed any COVID-like symptoms,” Ruiz says. It’s an extra effort that the department hopes will keep them healthy and you. “We can’t respond to the public if our firefighters aren’t able to come to work,” Ruiz says. Since the department started the screening process Tuesday, one firefighter was sent home because of a fever but did not have COVID-19 symptoms. The department tells us two firefighters are in quarantine after responding to a call involving someone who had COVID-19 symptoms.