Fond du Lac Fire Rescue is adding another line of protection for its frontline workers.
Since the Spring, when COVID-19 first appeared in Northeast Wisconsin, Fond du Lac Fire Rescue, like other first responders, implemented safety measures to keep its crews safe. Now, more than seven months later, and with the help of federal cares act funding, Fond du Lac Fire Rescue is adding powered air purifying respirators or PAPRs to all of its ambulances.
“The goal of this device and what we actually want to use it for is not only a. protecting our personnel in the pandemic and everything we deal with COVID, but also continue to provide the same level of care that we’ve provided before to our patients which may often be limited by the pandemic because it exposes some of our personnel unnecessarily,” says Assistant Chief of EMS Todd Janquart.