Question: What should fire fighters do to mitigate the threat of Covid 19?

Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: Retirement Communities and Independent Living Facilities
section_headers: Planning and Preparedness
What actions can residents and staff take to prevent the spread of COVID-19?
section_content: Encourage residents and staff to take everyday preventive
actions to prevent the spread of respiratory illnesses. Actions
include staying home when sick; appropriately covering coughs and sneezes;
cleaning and then disinfecting frequently touched
surfaces; and washing hands often with soap and water.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This answer speaks of residents and staff of a facility--not fire fighters.
While this answer provides a general description of preventative measures, it does not mention fire fighters.

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Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: FAQs for Wildland Firefighters
section_headers: What precautions should be implemented for protecting firefighters and other personnel at fire camps?
section_content: Fire camps can include thousands of personnel living together and working
collectively to respond to a wildfire, often in remote areas. In many ways,
fire camps are like small communities. For example, fire camps employ a number
of support personnel, some of whom may be considered at higher risk for
severe illness from COVID-19 (e.g., people 65 years and older, or
people with serious underlying medical conditions). Also, fire camps have many
people coming and going throughout the day. Therefore, extra precautions
should be taken. Note: Many of the recommendations in CDC’s COVID-19
Guidance for Shared or Congregate
Housing also apply to fire camps.
The following are protective measures that can be employed within the fire
camp to prevent COVID-19 transmission:

Screening of temperature and symptoms for everyone entering a fire camp and daily screening for those who remain at the camp
Encouraging personnel to maintain social distancing (6 feet or more) as much as feasible
Wearing cloth face coverings as a form of source control
Providing hand washing stations (soap and water) or hand sanitizers containing at least 60% alcohol throughout the camp, especially outside bathrooms, portable toilets, and dining facilities
Providing individual bottles of hand sanitizer for all personnel at the fire camp
Ensuring bathrooms, portable toilets, and handwash stations are well stocked with hygiene products (e.g., soap and water, hand sanitizer, paper towels)
Using disinfectants approved by the EPA for use against COVID-19external icon to clean showers, bathrooms, sinks, portable toilets, and handwash stations at least twice a day (in the morning and evening after heavy use) and commonly-touched surfaces in the dining facility before and after each meal. Make sure individuals doing the cleaning are trained on the proper application of the disinfectant and wear protective disposable gloves and other PPE as recommended by the disinfectant manufacturer
Instructing personnel to avoid placing toothbrushes (or other personal items) directly on sinks as that is a potential contamination pathway. Individual totes may be used to carry and keep personal items off sinks
Ensuring that food service personnel wear disposable gloves during preparation and serving of food and practice recommended hand hygiene
Staffing drink stations to limit the number of people touching the drink machines
Instructing personnel not to share personal items (e.g., cups, canteens, safety glasses, etc.) with others
Using ventilation systems, fans, or open windows to increase outdoor air circulation in enclosed spaces within the fire camp including command tents, dining facilities, and showers
Establishing housing in one area of the fire camp (or nearby community) that could be used for isolation, if necessary, and assigning someone on staff to make sure that anyone being isolated is provided with necessities. Note: it is likely people will get sick with illnesses other than COVID-19, but out of an abundance of caution, all illnesses should be treated as COVID-19 until medical staff determines otherwise
Ensuring medical staff in the fire camp are familiar with the CDC Guidance for Healthcare Professionals, which provides information on control measures, including PPE that should be worn, when caring for individuals with known or suspected COVID-19


Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Answer only addresses those who are fighting wild fires and living in fire camps. It doesn't address precautions for a typical fire fighter.
This answer provides details on how those in fire camps can prevent the spread.

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Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: FAQs for Wildland Firefighters
section_headers: In many situations, fire personnel travel from many different geographic locations and live and work closely in shared living spaces, such as bunkhouses, during the fire season. In these situations, how do you prevent infection and spread of COVID-19 for co-workers or crewmates?
section_content: When personnel arrive to their duty stations, it is recommended that
management provide separate spaces for the personnel to socially
distance themselves from others on their crew for 14 days,
if possible. During this period, personnel should take special precautions to
limit any close interactions with other people (maintaining at least 6-feet
distance) and avoid sharing kitchens, living spaces (bedrooms), bathrooms, or
household items.
If shared living spaces and common areas must be utilized during the initial
14 day period after reporting, all personnel should still practice social
distancing (maintaining at least 6 feet distance from one another), wear
cloth face coverings, and frequently clean and
disinfect shared and high touch surfaces. Personnel should also
consider sleeping in opposite directions (head to toe) and avoid using bunk
beds in shared sleeping quarters. Management should also consider increasing
ventilation rates and/or the percentage of outdoor air that circulates within
the shared living and working areas.
When feasible, management should employ mechanisms to support their employees
and limit employees’ interactions with others during this period. This may
include online ordered and delivered groceries, delivered meals, and virtual
and online training tasks.
After the initial 14-day period is over, fire crews and modules who work
together and do not have regular interactions with other people can isolate as
a unit. During this time, personnel should continue to cover their mouth and
nose with tissue or elbow when they cough or sneeze, perform proper hand
hygiene and frequently clean and
disinfect shared spaces,
vehicles, and equipment with EPA-registered
disinfectantsexternal icon that are appropriate for the surface and
effective against SARS-CoV-2, following label instructions. If a crew operates
as a unit, it is not necessary for crew members to wear face coverings unless
they are not feeling
well or interacting with the public (consistent with CDC
guidelines for households living in close
quarters). If interactions with the general public must occur, all
personnel should practice social distancing, wear cloth face coverings,
perform hand hygiene, and disinfect surfaces, objects, or items that are
shared with the general public.
For more information, see CDC’s COVID-19 Guidance for Shared or Congregate
Housing.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This answer provides details on how fire fighters can protect themselves and how to distance if they get the virus.
This response seems to describe fire fighters who have tested positive for COVID-19 and how to protect their coworkers.

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