Emergency services volunteers on Long Beach Island were among the first unpaid healthcare workers to receive the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine Tuesday under a partnership between multiple Ocean County agencies, the Toms River Regional School District, RWJ Barnabas Healthcare System, and Hackensack Meridian Healthcare System.

The county secured 1,500 doses of the Moderna vaccine and began a three-day vaccination period Dec. 29 at the RWJ Barnabas Health Arena at Toms River High School North.