Exercising caution, the Stayner fire hall was closed for nine days while the department waited on COVID-19 test results for one of its firefighters.
The station re-opened Saturday after the firefighter was given the all-clear.
“The firefighter had suspected contact with a COVID-19 patient. The firefighter revealed that to his crew and platoon and that then created a chain reaction in that all of the members of the station would have been potentially in contact with this firefighter and so the fire chief, out of an abundance of caution, closed the fire hall and asked all the firefighters to go home and self-isolate,” said Mayor Doug Measures.
The individual was tested and was given the all-clear, resulting in the re-opening of the station.
Measures said it is a significant act to close a fire hall but Clearview was well-served by its other four stations.
“We are very fortunate having firefighters that train across the entire community,” said Measures, adding there were no major events during that time.
Note, the fire department is offering youth drive-by birthday salutes. E-mail creemoreffa@gmail.com or message the Creemore Firefighters Association on Twitter @creemore_ffa. For contact information for the other fire stations in Clearview, visit @CFES_FireChief.