OKC Firefighter Moves Into Trailer To Protect Daughter From COVID-19

We’ve all had to make sacrifices during the COVID-19 pandemic and first responders are no exception. One Oklahoma City firefighter had to make the tough decision to move into a trailer next to his home in order to protect his family from being expos

Thursday, April 23rd 2020, 5:09 pm



We’ve all had to make sacrifices during the COVID-19 pandemic and first responders are no exception.

One Oklahoma City firefighter had to make the tough decision to move into a trailer next to his home in order to protect his family from being exposed to COVID-19.

Working for the Oklahoma City Fire Department for over two decades, Lt. Stephen McCune said the virus has changed many things, right down to the everyday approach.

“We can get exposed not just on a medical call but at a car wreck, at an automatic alarm,” said McCune. “Anywhere where we run into the public which is everything we make.”

Several metro hotels have offered first responders, like McCune, a heavily discounted rate but since his mother in law owns a Gooseneck horse trailer, the family decided parking it in the shop next door to the home would be the best move.

“Sleep is not the best,” said McCune. “(I’m) used to sleeping like everyone else, I’m used to my environment in my bedroom, your nightly rituals to do before you go to bed but all of that is gone.”

McCune moved into the trailer on March 3 when COVID-19 began to spread rapidly across Oklahoma.

There was no taking chances when it came down to McCune’s 20-year-old daughter who has a compromised immune system.

“It still lets me interact with my family, we have a lot of outside dinners when the weather is nice,” said McCune. “So I still have the interaction with my family and it just keeps things to as close as normal as possible.”

“Normal” has been a hard thing to come by lately. It’s spending time with family at a limited distance right now that help’s McCune push through.

“I’m tired but that is what days off are for,” said McCune. “We still get our job done when the lights come on here and keep doing what we do.”

McCune said he can’t wait to get back to the Tempur-Pedic bed inside the house. That may not be until June 1, when data he’s looking at, makes him comfortable to do so.

 

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