Addison Independent: Public safety workers take care of their well-being
MREMS Director Kate Rothwell talked to the Addison Independent for this recent article covering the impact of COVID-19 on our services.
From the article:
While residents are fighting the COVID-19 pandemic by staying home, that’s not an option for those entrusted with public safety.
Emergency medical technicians, firefighters and police officers must still respond to accidents, crimes, fires and medical crises.
And more than ever they must be mindful of not endangering their health and that of those they serve.
City Police Chief George Merkel summed it up:
“We’ve got to continue to do our job, but we’ve got to be smart about it.”
And they must adapt to new guidelines that arrive steadily as experts learn more about the coronavirus threat.
“The recommendations are changing not even daily, it seems — sometimes it’s hourly,” said Middlebury Regional Emergency Medical Services (MREMS) Director Kate Rothwell. “But we’re all doing quite a good job keeping up with it. There’s a lot of networking and information sharing”
