A new partnership has formed between the Cape Coral Fire Department and the Florida Department of Health to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine as quickly as possible. 

The city approved the partnership because paramedics with the fire department already have the training and certification necessary to give injections, putting more hands on deck to help get Southwest Floridians vaccinated en masse. 

Fire Chief Ryan Lamb says the next challenges are educating the public and deciding when and where people will be able to get the vaccine.