Anybody can get bed bugs. An infestation came into my home with the purchase of a new mattress. Some of my health issues began around that time. Bedbugs are carry/vectors:
http://www.pctonline.com/article/bed-bugs-as-vectors-what-we-dont-know-could-hurt-us/
There oughta be Public De-Lousing Programs available. Awareness and practical with resources ... Taught just like CPR, etc... Free!
First Responders take more risk than most of us (I have to say ~Thank You~ for that!), which is why I'm not surprised to see bed bug cases in EMS stations across the country.
Fire station in Alabama temporarily shuts:
http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/ap/2017/01/27/Bed_bug_infestation_temporarily_closes_Alabama_fire_station.html
Previously bed bugs from a fire station infested a firefighter's home in San Diego, Ca.:
https://www.firerescue1.com/fire-department-management/articles/1660463-Bed-bugs-from-fire-station-infest-firefighters-home/
In Des Moines:
https://www.statter911.com/2015/06/18/trying-to-keep-the-bed-bugs-out-of-the-firehouse/