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Local fire station shut down

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Local fire station shut down
Local fire station shut down
Another case of the COVID-19 is at Station 25.

STATION 25 IS ON SIWELL ROAD...THE CAPTAIN THERE IS ALSO THELOCAL UNIONPRESIDENT...HE SAYS LEADERSHIP AT JFD ISN'TTAKING THERESPONSE TO THESE CORONAVIRUSCASESSERIOUSLY...THE DEPARTMENT SAYS DIFFERENT... LAST WEEK, A FIRE FIGHTER ATSTATION 25 INSOUTH JACKSON TESTED POSITIVEFORCORONAVIRUS...THE DEPARTMENT SAYS HE TESTEDPOSITIVEAFTER COMING INTO CONTACT WITH APERSONWHO WAS POSITIVE AT HISPART-TIME JOB...TWO CREWS AT STATION 25FIREHOUSE WERE PUTIN QUARANTINE...SINCE THEN, THE THREE MAN CREWTHAT'S BEENON DUTY FOR THE LAST 6 DAYS, HASANOTHER MEMBER WHO'S TESTEDPOSITIVE...CAPTAIN RASEAN THOMAS, SAYS HE'SUPSET, AND CONCERNED THAT HEHADN'T HEARDFROM DEPARTMENT BRASS IN THEIMMEDATEHOURS AFTER THE SECONDPOSITIVE...THIS SITUATION TELLSME...THERE'S NOT A PLAN FOR THEFIREDEPARTMENT TO RESPOND TO ISSUESSUCH AS THIS CAPTAIN THOMASBELIEVES THE STATIONSHOULD'VE BEEN SHUT DOWN AFTERTHE FIRSTCASE WAS DETECTED, AND THEBUILDINGSHOULD'VE BEEN SANATIZEDPROFESSIONALLY...WE RECIEVED A BOTTLE OF BLEACHAND SOME AJAX ONWEDNESDAY...BEFORE THEN WE WERE CLEANING ON ADAILY BASIS WITH OUR OWNPERSONAL CLANING MATERIALSBUTT THESE SOTS TOGETHERTHAT'S NOT TRUE...UM, THEYWERE ISSUED A MONTH'S WORTH OFCLEANING SUPPLIES ON MAYTHE 7THBUTT THESE SOTS TOGETHSO NO ONE CONTACTED OR ASKED FORANY ADDITIONAL SUPPLIESI ASKED ASSISTANT CHIEF PATRICKARMONABOUT THE GAMEPLAN THEDEPARTMENT HAS FOR RESPONDING TOCOVID-19 OUTBREAKS INTHE DEPARTMENT, IF THEY WERE TOHAPPEN...HE TELLS ME TOP BRASS CREATES APLAN, ANDTHE FINAL DECISION COMES FROMTHE TOP.RIGHT NOW OUR FIRE CHIEF IS OUTOF TOWN BUT UM...THAT'S WHEN IACCEPT THE RESPONSABILITYBUTT THESE SOTS TOGETHERMY PROBLEM IS THAT THE CITIZENSHAVE BEEN MISLED TO THINK THATWE'RE DOIN' OUR JOB HERE STATION25 WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICEAROUND2:19 THURSDAY AFTERNOON... NOWTHAT'S IT'S TEMPORARILY CLOSED,APROFESSIONAL CLEANING SERVICEWILL SANATIZETHE STATION AS FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS AT THENOW CLOSED 25...ASSISTANT CHIEF ARMON SAYS THOSEINDIVIDUALSARE NOW ISOLATED IN ANUNDISCLOSEDLOCATION...THE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE SOUTHJACKSONCOMMUNITY WILL STILL RECIEVEFIRE AND EMSPROTECTION, WHILE STATION 25 ISCLOSED...TROY JOHNSON, 16 WAPT NEWS AT10... HINDS COUNTY RESIDENTS WILL BEABLE TO GET TESTED TOMORROW FO

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