In Darien, firefighters must wait for COVID vaccine Susan Shultz FacebookTwitterEmail Darien EMS Post 53 member Kelsey Olvany received her COVID-19 vaccine in early January. Olvany, a Darien High School student, is a first responder, driver and VP of Student Affairs for Post.Contributed / DARIEN — The state’s rollout process continues to frustrate some in Darien, as firefighters have yet to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Though other towns included their fire departments in Phase 1A, Darien’s three volunteer fire departments — Darien, Noroton and Noroton Heights — are not classified as medical first responders, thus currently do not qualify to get the shot.