((PKG)) FIREFIGHTERS DELIVERING GROCERIES
((Banner: Helping the Vulnerable))
((Reporter/Camera: Genia Dulot))
((Map: Glendale, California))
((Main characters: 1 female; 2 males))
((Sub characters: 2 females))
((Banner: Glendale Firefighters In California deliver
groceries to the elderly, encouraging them to stay home
during the pandemic))
((NATS))
((Silvio Lanzas, Fire Chief, Glendale Fire Department))
As soon as this happened and the coronavirus started to
spread and the word got out that people were going to be
initially sequestered at home and the vulnerable population,
our seniors, 65 and older and those with medical, vulnerable
medical conditions were going to be remanded home prior to
everybody being home, we really wanted to encourage our
seniors and those who shouldn’t be outside, to stay
inside. And so, we thought, why don’t we try to help them by
providing essential needs and going to the grocery store,
picking up their medicine, delivering it to them.
((Silvio Lanzas, Fire Chief, Glendale Fire Department))
Remember to keep your social distance from these people.
We are trying to not get them sick. So, wear a mask. If you
don’t have one, grab one before you go. Wear gloves if
you’d like to.
((Korin Peltier, Volunteer, Glendale Fire Department))
I work upstairs in dispatch. So, I never had to wear one of
these.
((Silvio Lanzas, Fire Chief, Glendale Fire Department))
We take the order the day prior. The next morning, we have
volunteers, people that are coming in on their day off and are
going to the store, shopping for them and then delivering it to
those seniors.
((NATS))
((Korin Peltier, Volunteer, Glendale Fire Department))
Good morning.
((Silvio Lanzas, Fire Chief, Glendale Fire Department))
We’ve helped 60 seniors throughout our community so
far. The service isn’t free. We are not buying your groceries
for you. We do front the money. Our Glendale Fire
Foundation gave us money to be able to buy groceries
upfront and then when we deliver them, the senior or the
person with a medical condition pays us for the groceries
we’ve bought. So, it doesn’t cost them anything other than
what we bought for them.
((Korin Peltier, Volunteer, Glendale Fire Department))
On my list here, I have spinach, asparagus, pineapple.
You’ve got to remember that you’re touching things with your
gloves and so you have to get new gloves every so often
too, you know, because if you keep touching things, it’s just
going to keep on infecting everything with your dirty
gloves. So, it’s smart to carry around like the hand sanitizer
and use it often and stuff like that.
Eggplant, broccoli, mushrooms, dry lentil beans, salsa and
vegetable broth. And it looks like they are going to make
some soup. Oh yeah, the vanilla ice cream! That’s the most
important thing.
((NATS))
((Shane Hoeft, Paramedic, Glendale Fire Department))
Do you want Dreyer’s or regular?
((Korin Peltier, Volunteer, Glendale Fire Department))
Oh, Dreyer’s for sure. Yeah. Gotta get the good stuff.
((Shane Hoeft, Paramedic, Glendale Fire Department))
He’s got nothing but, like cleaning supplies.
((Korin Peltier, Volunteer, Glendale Fire Department))
And ice cream.
((Korin Peltier, Volunteer, Glendale Fire Department))
My dad was a firefighter. My sister is in law-enforcement but
I am totally afraid of blood. Being able to dispatch, I get to
help people and I don’t have to see blood or deal with any of
that.
((NATS))
((Korin Peltier, Volunteer, Glendale Fire Department))
Hi ma’am! Is this Donald’s caretaker?
Hi, it’s the Glendale Fire Department. I know you had said
that you weren’t going be there until 10:30, but Donald asked
for ice cream and we don’t want it to melt and so, we were
wondering if we were able to drop it off now?
((Korin Peltier, Volunteer, Glendale Fire Department))
She said he won’t understand that he needs to pay and write
a check. And so, she said she’ll try to get there around
10:10. So, he might just have some melted ice cream.
((Korin Peltier, Volunteer, Glendale Fire Department))
That’s the big thing about dispatches. We are on the phone
with these people. We’re helping them give CPR, but we
never find out the outcome. We are always in the unknown
like we don’t know what happened to this person. So, it’s
nice to be able to physically be here and help.
((NATS))
((Woman receiving groceries))
You are a blessing, believe me. I thank God for you.
((Shane Hoeft, Paramedic, Glendale Fire Department))
Glad we could be here.
((Shane Hoeft, Paramedic, Glendale Fire Department))
So basically, it’s only me and my wife that I see. I don’t go to
any of my brothers’ houses or my family members’ houses. I
don’t see anybody anymore. For me that’s tough because I
come from a rather large family and we do family gatherings
on a weekly basis. When I go home, I’ll have to quarantine
myself from my son for a couple days. So, I am not going to
be able to see him. So, just like everybody else, I am trying
to do my part to limit the spread of this disease.
((NATS))
((Shane Hoeft, Paramedic, Glendale Fire Department))
We were wondering, are you making soup tonight?
((Carol))
Yeah, I thought lentil soup sounded like a very good thing.
((Shane Hoeft, Paramedic, Glendale Fire Department))
There you go.
((Carol))
…..especially since the weather…..
((Korin Peltier, Volunteer, Glendale Fire Department))
The rain coming…..
((Shane Hoeft, Paramedic, Glendale Fire Department))
To be honest, since I was a child, I’ve always wanted to be a
firefighter. And that’s pretty much all I ever knew. So, like
there is just something about being a firefighter that just
drew me. The big equipment, the going into fires, helping
people. All that stuff just played into who I am as a person
and who I wanted to be.
((NATS))
((Banner: Helping the Vulnerable))
((Reporter/Camera: Genia Dulot))
((Map: Glendale, California))
((Main characters: 1 female; 2 males))
((Sub characters: 2 females))
((Banner: Glendale Firefighters In California deliver
groceries to the elderly, encouraging them to stay home
during the pandemic))
((NATS))
((Silvio Lanzas, Fire Chief, Glendale Fire Department))
As soon as this happened and the coronavirus started to
spread and the word got out that people were going to be
initially sequestered at home and the vulnerable population,
our seniors, 65 and older and those with medical, vulnerable
medical conditions were going to be remanded home prior to
everybody being home, we really wanted to encourage our
seniors and those who shouldn’t be outside, to stay
inside. And so, we thought, why don’t we try to help them by
providing essential needs and going to the grocery store,
picking up their medicine, delivering it to them.
((Silvio Lanzas, Fire Chief, Glendale Fire Department))
Remember to keep your social distance from these people.
We are trying to not get them sick. So, wear a mask. If you
don’t have one, grab one before you go. Wear gloves if
you’d like to.
((Korin Peltier, Volunteer, Glendale Fire Department))
I work upstairs in dispatch. So, I never had to wear one of
these.
((Silvio Lanzas, Fire Chief, Glendale Fire Department))
We take the order the day prior. The next morning, we have
volunteers, people that are coming in on their day off and are
going to the store, shopping for them and then delivering it to
those seniors.
((NATS))
((Korin Peltier, Volunteer, Glendale Fire Department))
Good morning.
((Silvio Lanzas, Fire Chief, Glendale Fire Department))
We’ve helped 60 seniors throughout our community so
far. The service isn’t free. We are not buying your groceries
for you. We do front the money. Our Glendale Fire
Foundation gave us money to be able to buy groceries
upfront and then when we deliver them, the senior or the
person with a medical condition pays us for the groceries
we’ve bought. So, it doesn’t cost them anything other than
what we bought for them.
((Korin Peltier, Volunteer, Glendale Fire Department))
On my list here, I have spinach, asparagus, pineapple.
You’ve got to remember that you’re touching things with your
gloves and so you have to get new gloves every so often
too, you know, because if you keep touching things, it’s just
going to keep on infecting everything with your dirty
gloves. So, it’s smart to carry around like the hand sanitizer
and use it often and stuff like that.
Eggplant, broccoli, mushrooms, dry lentil beans, salsa and
vegetable broth. And it looks like they are going to make
some soup. Oh yeah, the vanilla ice cream! That’s the most
important thing.
((NATS))
((Shane Hoeft, Paramedic, Glendale Fire Department))
Do you want Dreyer’s or regular?
((Korin Peltier, Volunteer, Glendale Fire Department))
Oh, Dreyer’s for sure. Yeah. Gotta get the good stuff.
((Shane Hoeft, Paramedic, Glendale Fire Department))
He’s got nothing but, like cleaning supplies.
((Korin Peltier, Volunteer, Glendale Fire Department))
And ice cream.
((Korin Peltier, Volunteer, Glendale Fire Department))
My dad was a firefighter. My sister is in law-enforcement but
I am totally afraid of blood. Being able to dispatch, I get to
help people and I don’t have to see blood or deal with any of
that.
((NATS))
((Korin Peltier, Volunteer, Glendale Fire Department))
Hi ma’am! Is this Donald’s caretaker?
Hi, it’s the Glendale Fire Department. I know you had said
that you weren’t going be there until 10:30, but Donald asked
for ice cream and we don’t want it to melt and so, we were
wondering if we were able to drop it off now?
((Korin Peltier, Volunteer, Glendale Fire Department))
She said he won’t understand that he needs to pay and write
a check. And so, she said she’ll try to get there around
10:10. So, he might just have some melted ice cream.
((Korin Peltier, Volunteer, Glendale Fire Department))
That’s the big thing about dispatches. We are on the phone
with these people. We’re helping them give CPR, but we
never find out the outcome. We are always in the unknown
like we don’t know what happened to this person. So, it’s
nice to be able to physically be here and help.
((NATS))
((Woman receiving groceries))
You are a blessing, believe me. I thank God for you.
((Shane Hoeft, Paramedic, Glendale Fire Department))
Glad we could be here.
((Shane Hoeft, Paramedic, Glendale Fire Department))
So basically, it’s only me and my wife that I see. I don’t go to
any of my brothers’ houses or my family members’ houses. I
don’t see anybody anymore. For me that’s tough because I
come from a rather large family and we do family gatherings
on a weekly basis. When I go home, I’ll have to quarantine
myself from my son for a couple days. So, I am not going to
be able to see him. So, just like everybody else, I am trying
to do my part to limit the spread of this disease.
((NATS))
((Shane Hoeft, Paramedic, Glendale Fire Department))
We were wondering, are you making soup tonight?
((Carol))
Yeah, I thought lentil soup sounded like a very good thing.
((Shane Hoeft, Paramedic, Glendale Fire Department))
There you go.
((Carol))
…..especially since the weather…..
((Korin Peltier, Volunteer, Glendale Fire Department))
The rain coming…..
((Shane Hoeft, Paramedic, Glendale Fire Department))
To be honest, since I was a child, I’ve always wanted to be a
firefighter. And that’s pretty much all I ever knew. So, like
there is just something about being a firefighter that just
drew me. The big equipment, the going into fires, helping
people. All that stuff just played into who I am as a person
and who I wanted to be.
((NATS))
