A Portland firefighter tested positive for coronavirus and is in quarantine, according to fire officials.
The employee was one of at least 10 symptomatic Portland firefighters tested for the virus since the end of last week and was the only one whose results came back positive, Alan Ferschweiler, president of the Portland Fire Fighters Association, said Tuesday.
The firefighter hadn’t been to work for about two weeks, and there’s no indication that other colleagues were exposed, the union president said.
The news comes after the Gresham Fire Department also announced Tuesday that one of their employees also tested positive for the virus. Both are the first publicly confirmed cases involving firefighters in Multnomah County.