DC First Responders To Receive Initial Covid Vaccine Bremante Bryant December 14, 2020 at 12:23 pm in In The News - Morning Headlines, LIFESTYLE, NEWS Tweet Fire and EMS officials will be the first to receive Covid-19 shots in the District. DC Mayor Muriel Bowser says the first five people to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in the District will be first responders with DC Fire and EMS. DC’s fire chief and the department’s medical director are among the five. The mayor says she will receive the vaccine after responders are first vaccinated. Tags: COVID-19 vaccine, DC Fire and EMA, Mayor Bowser