Without naming the local Hidalgo County city, simply to allow the fire chief to speak with more candor, and avoid worried citizens calling his station, six firefighters – three paid staff and three volunteers – who work for the same fire department are under quarantine thanks to an emergency call to which they responded last Wednesday. The call came in as a medical call. The patient was a teenager who was exhibiting the classic three signs of COVID-19, the disease tied to the novel coronavirus: a cough, some respiratory distress, and a fever. The firefighters were wearing personal protective equipment (PPE),