A pandemic playbook, used nationally, was made in Snohomish County

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EVERETT — When a South County Fire ambulance transported the United States’ first confirmed COVID-19 case, there was no fallback plan and “no phone a friend,” Deputy Chief Bob Eastman said.

But now, the department’s COVID-19 playbook has received international attention. And expertise from southwest Snohomish County will help inform national guidance for future epidemics.

“Basically, our plan became the template,” South County Fire Assistant Chief Michael Fitzgerald said.

South County leadership credited the work of the Snohomish County Fire Task Force, a collaboration of departments across the county that emerged amid the pandemic.

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