Hospitals across western Washington are hoping to vaccinate more than 4,000 first responders by the end of the year. Departments have seen impacts to their forces and have had to adapt as first responders have been faced with coronavirus exposures and quarantines. Woodinville Deputy Fire Chief Doug McDonald said departments across the region respond to 18 coronavirus-related calls per day. Since the beginning of the pandemic, large numbers of first responders have needed to quarantine because of exposure to coronavirus. McDonald says they've adapted to help limit that number. When first responders report to a call they now send one responder in dressed in full personal-protection gear. That person evaluates the situation. This system has drastically cut the number of responders needing to quarantine.