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Gainesville and Alachua County firefighters among the first to receive COVID-19 vaccine Since Dec. 30, local first responders have received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Gainesville Fire Rescue preparing the vaccines for its team. (Gainesville Fire Rescue / Courtesy to The Alligator) Local firefighters were among the first groups of first responders to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in Alachua County. Gainesville Fire Rescue and Alachua County Fire Rescue received their first shipments of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from the Alachua County Health Department Dec. 30. Since then, GFR has vaccinated more than 45 of its firefighters, paramedics and EMTs, which make up almost half of its workforce, said Assistant Fire Chief Shawn Hillhouse. ....
Alachua County must pay $1.6M bill or face shutdown of public safety system After the county failed to negotiate a new contract with Gainesville Regional Utilities’ GRUCom for its public safety radio system, GRUCom billed the county $1.6 million more than double the county’s usual cost for running the system, or else it could face a system shutdown. County commissioners voted at Tuesday’s special meeting to send a letter to Gainesville Mayor Lauren Poe stating that they want to negotiate a better deal but will seek an injunction to stop the system from being inaccessible if the bill isn’t paid on time. ....