Westmorland Fire Department

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Westmorland Santa trackers

Tomorrow Wednesday December 23rd starting at 6:00pm Santa will be driving around town with the Westmorland Fire Department. We ask due to covid, please practice social distancing and please where your mask.Tomorrow Wednesday December 23rd starting at 6:00pm Santa will be driving around town with the Westmorland Fire Department. We ask due to covid, please practice social distancing and please where your mask.

DATE: December 14, 2020 IMPERIAL COUNTY, CA State of California Officials are warning that Intensive Care Unit (ICU) bed capacity for the Southern Region, in...cluding Imperial County, continues to drop dangerously low. Currently, the combined ICU bed availability for the Southern Region is now at 2.7% A Regional Stay at Home Order was implemented for Southern Region counties one week ago; ICU capacity at that time was 10.9%. COVID-19 continues to spread and is creating dire situations throughout the State, shared Dr. Stephen Munday, Imperial County Health Officer. I can’t emphasize enough the need for everyone to do their part to curb the spread of the virus. A completely overwhelmed healthcare system would-be worst-case scenario that will result in unnecessary loss of life. We must do everything within our power to avoid that situation. According to Dr. Adolphe Edward, CEO for El Centro Regional Medical Center, We are seeing very high numbers of COVID positive patients coming into the hospital. We are stretched. We are running out of beds, we’ve experienced staff getting sick, and are out of resources. Dr. Edward made an appeal to the community by sharing, What we need to do is what the public health officials are asking. Please help us reduce the infection or we will be in a bad spot. Protect yourself, help reduce the spread, help us do what is being asked of you. We know you are all great citizens. Thank you for supporting our public health mandates. It is truly going to require the joint effort of the entire community to stop the spread of this virus,stated Larry Lewis, Pioneers Memorial Hospitial CEO. Our numbers at Pioneers reflect the surge in cases and have resulted in support staff being from the state being allocated to the hospital through the 24th of this month, in addition to the EMSA registry staff already assigned through January. At present our 12 ICU beds are full and six more patients are waiting for critical care beds in the Emergency Department. We ask that everyone do their part to help us stop the spread of COVID-19 and prevent the unnecessary loss of more community members. The public is strongly urged to continue the following: Stay at home except for essential activities (i.e., grocery shopping, picking up medication, attending medical appointments); Wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds; When soap and water are not available, use a approved hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol; Wear face coverings at all times in public spaces; Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces; Maintain a safe social distance of 6 feet from others that are not in your immediate household; Avoid gatherings of any size that involve mixing with anyone outside of your immediate household; and Stay informed and follow recommendations from Public Health officials to help you protect the health and safety of your loved ones.

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The Imperial County Fire Department and Office of Emergency Services is currently monitoring the storm of earthquakes in our area. Currently we have not receive...d any reports of injuries or major damages. We will continue to monitor and support the Operational Area and have informed our partners at CalOES who are also standing by for any support needed. Talking to your love ones and having a plan in place is always a good idea. A good place to start is by visiting Earthquake Ready.gov. For Imperial County KXO AM 1230 and KXO FM 107.5 is the designated emergency local radio station and emergency messages with instructions directly from the Imperial County Emergency Operation Center can be heard there. . https://www.ready.gov/earthquakes .

The Wall Street Journal said what about Firefighters and Paramedics?!?!

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‘THE PERFECT STORM’: Matt Gutman has the latest on the COVID-19 pandemic as cases, hospitalizations and deaths all surge with grim new images from California, where some morgues are full and refrigerated trucks have been brought in to store bodies. https://abcn.ws/3f7xVC7

* Update power has been restored We are aware of the power outage here in Westmorland. IID is on scene. No estimate of when power will be restored. We will give updates as they become available

Even without symptoms, you could expose others to #COVID19. Wear a mask and practice physical distancing to #SlowtheSpread and protect your loved ones. #YourActionsSaveLives Learn more at covid19.ca.gov.

No matter who you voted for -- wear a mask. Help slow the spread of #COVID19. Just do it. #YourActionsSaveLives

Honoring fallen El Centro Police Department Officer Efren Coronel with a 1-mile run carrying the Blue Line Flag.

Si desea programar una cita con OptumServe para la prueba de COVID-19, hay un enlace en nuestra pagina para las citas. Visite https://lhi.care/covidtesting No n...ecesita una nota de su doctor ni necesita tener sintomas para hacer una cita. La prueba se cobrara a su seguro medico o se cubrira por el Estado para residentes del Condado Imperial. See more

If you want to make an appointment with the OptumServe Community Testing Site for a COVID-19 test we have a direct link on our website. https://lhi.care/covidte...sting Please note that you do not need to be referred by your doctor nor do you need to have symptoms to schedule a test. There is no out of pocket cost for Imperial County residents. See more