Another Regional Grant Received for Defibrillators
 
By CFC
June 27, 2014
 

On Friday June 27 Christiana Fire Company received more wonderful grant news as we have been awarded a FY2013 Regional Assistance to Firefighters Grant to aid in the purchase of automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) for 4 local fire companies.

Once again, our grant writer John Sly came through with the proposal to purchase enough AEDs to equip each of our apparatus with a life saving defibrillator, in case the unfortunate situation would arise that required the usage of a defibrillator not only for the public, but for the safety of our firefighters as well.

Cardiac related issues continue to be the leading cause of firefighter fatalities each year in the United States. This grant will ensure that we will have an AED available on each piece of apparatus and additional funding will allow for the installation of a permanent AED in each fire station.

The other companies participating in this grant who will share in the funds include Paradise & Leaman Place Fire Company, Strasburg Fire Company, and Kinzer Fire Company.

We will receive $33,750 in Federal funds and our departments will be required to meet a 10% match in the amount of $3,750.

This award marks the eighth Federal grant Christiana Fire Company has received from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program since 2004.
 
This is the third grant we have received in the FY2013 awards cycle from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program
This is the third grant we have received in the FY2013 awards cycle from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program
We have received yet another grant to purchase automatic external defibrillators to enhance the safety of our firefighters and community
We have received yet another grant to purchase automatic external defibrillators to enhance the safety of our firefighters and community
 
OSHA estimates that up to 60 percent of cardiac arrest patients might have been saved if automated external defibrillators (AEDs) were immediately available
OSHA estimates that up to 60 percent of cardiac arrest patients might have been saved if automated external defibrillators (AEDs) were immediately available
Funding will also allow for the installation of an AED at each fire station involved in this application such as the one shown in this picture
Funding will also allow for the installation of an AED at each fire station involved in this application such as the one shown in this picture