The city has added a new feature to its ambulances to help battle the spread of coronavirus.
“We’ve had to take other precautions, like during Ebola and H1N1 (viruses), but not like this, due to just how contagious (COVID-19) is,” said 13-year North Ridgeville firefighter Bill Foster.
Foster said Fire Chief John Reese found a description of a promising process for sanitizing the ambulances. He contacted Servpro and asked them to take a look to see if they could come up with something similar. Servpro is a company that handles fire and water cleanup and restoration.
“Servpro took a look and brought in two different models with HEPA filters," Foster said. These are high-efficiency air filters capable of trapping almost 100 percent of particles in the air, according to Servpro.