Partnership working secures defibrillator for Polegate

Lightning Fibre and Eastbourne Area Community First Responders Partnership secures defibrillator for Polegate

A new defibrillator has been installed in Polegate this week thanks to partnership working between local organisations. The new defibrillator is located outside Lightning Fibre's HQ on Twin Oaks Drive. 

Eastbourne Area Community First Responders were able to secure funding for the defibrillator through the community grants scheme from South East Water. With the location chosen to enhance the network of strategic placed defibrillators across the Polegate community, Lightning Fibre agreed to have the cabinet installed on the front of their building and supply its power source. While Polegate Town Council have agreed to ensure it’s maintained and kept available through the British Heart Foundation's circuit which feeds into the Ambulance Service nationwide database of publicaccessible defibrillators. 

Polegate Mayor Cllr Dan Dunbar said “This is community partnership working at its finest to provide life-saving equipment for our community.” 

Richard Bradford from Eastbourne Responders added “In a cardiac arrest for every minute without CPR and use of adefibrillator survival rates reduce by up to 10%. For anyone wishing to have training in the use of defibrillators and how to perform CPR can contact us at info@eastbourneresponders.com for a free training session."

Photo: Lightning Fibre representatives with Polegate Mayor Cllr Dan Dunbar, Cllr Stephen Shing and Richard Bradford (from Eastbourne Area Community First Responders)

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