Fayetteville Fire Department receives grant for automated external defibrillators. | Stock Photo
Fayetteville Fire Department receives grant for automated external defibrillators. | Stock Photo
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security awarded a $137,000 to the Fayetteville Fire Department as part of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program.
Fayetteville Fire Department will use the money on 60 new automated external defibrillators to replace older ones, which cost $2,500 each, an Aug. 24 press release from the city said. Automated external defibrillators give fire victims early CPR, which doubles the chance that they will survive.
“In the past five years, Fayetteville firefighters responded to nearly two thousand cardiac arrest calls. An AED provides the greatest chance of survival from sudden cardiac arrest and is the only effective tool for certain dysrhythmias,” Fire Chief Mike Hill said in the press release. “When pandemic experts say it is safe to do so, our team will resume teaching Hands-Only CPR to members of the community,” Hill said.
The department applied for the funds in March and will start the application process for next year soon. Fayetteville Fire Department has applied to the program since 2002 and has received more than $1 million in grants since then.
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