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Originally Posted by jane032657
As a Coordinator of an AED Program with soon to be 8 AED's, here is the email sent out to coordinators just today. Hope this helps others.
Hello,
To help keep the AED’s secure, I am asking you do the following:
1. If your lock is not a hardened lock, please purchase a new lock that is hardened similar to the attached picture. I know this will cost some money for the lock and extra keys. Hopefully you have some money in your AED account to cover the cost.
2. Purchase a “paint pen” and mark your machine and box with your group name. Put the telephone number for the fire department on both the machine and box.
3. I have started marking new machines like a “billboard” for identification.
40DPF - Master #40 Stainless Steel Discus Padlock with Hardened Steel ShackleI am not endorsing this brand of lock. This style of lock is very hard to cut.
Locks are available on Amazon and are prime eligible J. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...ter+lock+%2340
Thank you for your participation in the AED groups of The Villages. It is a pleasure working with you.
John
Lt. John Longacre, B.S. EMT-P
Emergency Resource Specialist
The Villages Public Safety Department
3035 South Morse Blvd
The Villages, FL 32163
John.longacre@districtgov.org
352-205-8280 ext. 2910 |
Hi John, I appreciate your comments. We thought we had done everything possible to prevent anyone from stealing our AED's. We had those locks, hardened steel by Master Lock and also were the weather type. The locked container was purchased thru the Public Safety Department. We have identification data on the cases but I am not sure that would prevent theft because the information would not be seen until after the AED was opened. It might it more difficult to sell the AED. It is going to be difficult for our small neighborhood to generate the funding to replace our stolen AED.