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93 firefighters, 10 lifeguards, and 6 others are currently isolating due to COVID-19.

Highlights from Tuesday night.

The fire fighters' union said they are pro-vaccine and they will follow the law. They support exemptions for religious and medical reasons, but not everyone will qualify.

Help with other wildfires and COVID are among the reasons.

Updated on July 19, 2021 at 6:41 pm NBC Universal, Inc. In February 2019, NBC7 Investigates obtained internal documents from the San Diego Fire Department that showed the city delayed fixing a known asbestos problem at the fire academy. The documents showed that over the course of a decade, thousands of firefighters were exposed to asbestos and lead in the floors, walls and ceilings. NBC 7 has now confirmed that just one day after the report, the county’s Air Pollution Control District (ACPD)...

In an effort to administer the vaccine to people most at risk for complications from the coronavirus, San Diego County has now approved all residents 75 and older for vaccinations, reports NBC 7s Melissa Adan San Diego Fire-Rescue officials said that 167 of the departments 943 sworn firefighters turned down the vaccine. That means more than 17%, or nearly 1 in 5 firefighters, chose not to get the coronavirus vaccine. “I hope our leaders take note of this,” Jesse Conner, president of ...

SAN DIEGO —  Nearly 200 San Diego Fire-Rescue personnel have so far turned down a COVID-19 vaccine, showing reluctance as health officials scramble to protect frontline workers like firefighters from the highly infectious coronavirus. As of Wednesday, 191 personnel had declined to take the vaccine; 895 had gotten the shot, according to department figures. The vaccine is available to all of the department’s roughly 1,500 employees, including lifeguards and non-sworn staff, a spokeswoman s...