Quote:
Originally Posted by Kenswing
Metoo21 pretty much nailed it.
I believe the reason that the Chitty Chatty boxes are empty is because they are still waiting for the AED’s. Our village has 19 AED’s on order. The whole supply chain debacle has put a huge delay on getting the devices.
To start an AED program in your village you will need someone to volunteer to head it up. You will then get with the AED program coordinator at The Villages Fire Department. They will evaluate the recommended number of units based on how many homes you want to cover. In our case we are covering over 1,100 homes requiring 19 units. That places an AED within 850 feet of every home.
That was a huge undertaking. Our leadership in St. Catherine broke our village up into zones. Each zone has volunteers for Zone Captains, Fundraising, maintenance and of course first responders.
We tried to collect $100 from each household. With the amount of participation we achieved we are well funded for at least four years. The AED’s themselves are about $1,400. The major ongoing cost is for the Ready Alert dispatch service. Our village has over 100 trained first responders so that cost is considerable. The Fire Department provides the training for free.
It’s a great program but also takes a very dedicated group of folks to put it all together. Thankfully we have that in spades.
|
Very interesting. Thanks for the info!