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Tiremaker Firestone is being lauded for its response to Ebola in a Liberian town.
According to NPR and Newser, the company "went into crisis mode" when the wife of an employee at Firestone's Harbel, Liberia, rubber plantation was diagnosed with Ebola in March.
Ed Garcia, general director of the site, told NPR that the company created an Ebola ward the next day and quarantined the woman soon after. Firestone also provided hazmat suits to medical workers, he said.
Although the woman died, the virus reportedly did not spread to any other Firestone employees or their family members. The company also built quarantine and treatment wards and ramped up efforts to educate the public about the virus.
