Fire department administers vaccines for Hancock County emergency personnel
BAR HARBOR The Bar Harbor Fire Department has partnered with Blue Hill-based Peninsula Ambulance Corps to administer COVID-19 vaccines to Hancock County first responders. After learning how to provide PCR tests to essential workers, the Fire Department participated in the additional training needed to vaccinate other emergency staff.
Ongoing since Dec. 1, the Fire Department has been performing COVID-19 tests on essential town personnel. Firefighters in Bar Harbor were trained to conduct the nasal swab test and send it away for testing, so learning came easy when instructed how to administer the vaccine.