This is a voluntary effort by neighbors to be able to respond fast if the EMS crews are out on other runs and can't get there fast.
I recently met a couple who chose not to buy in TV because of "the developer.....who's 'too greedy' to provide AEDs" (among other complaints).
Little do they know, about the ongoing costs of running these AED programs, with equipment and monitoring-dispatch fees by contractors, etc.
Our neighborhood holds various fundraisers to pay for it, since some think they'll never need it or whatever. Neighbor-Responders are ready to run to their aid if needed, all pettiness aside.
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