ORLANDO, Fla. — A Seminole County firefighter broke his mandated, paid quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19 this summer when he went out on his boat with friends and to a party, according to Seminole County Fire Department records.
Firefighter Joseph Piambino was suspended for three days without pay last month after SCFD leaders determined he had ignored directives to quarantine for 14 days after he had symptoms and tested positive for COVID-19, according to records from his administrative investigation, obtained by the Orlando Sentinel in a public records request.
"You were placed on disaster leave with pay for a positive COVID-19 diagnosis with directions from (Assistant Chief Sam) Thurmond to quarantine and isolate," the agency's disciplinary decision said. "... By your own admission you left isolation June 30 while still on disaster leave with pay, because you were 'bored.'"
