Town manager orders monitored smoke alarms and AEDs on all floors after Second‑Floor smoke incident

Following a smoke event on the Second Floor of town hall, commissioners, the fire battalion chief and town management discussed building life‑safety equipment. Town staff reported that only a First‑Floor AED was installed and that some floors lacked monitored smoke alarms.

Broward County fire officials and the town’s fire battalion chief recommended monitored alarms so that an alarm would notify both occupants and an off‑site monitoring service that can summon fire units after hours. The battalion chief also offered to provide staff training once equipment is installed. Town management pledged that monitored smoke alarms and AEDs would be installed on all three floors "by the last day in April," and asked facilities staff to evaluate a suppression system for the kitchen area and centralized microwave usage to reduce risk.

Commissioners asked staff to centralize kitchen heating/cooking in a properly ventilated and suppression‑protected area rather than allowing individual microwaves in multiple offices; staff agreed to report back with cost estimates and a plan. The chief also noted AED use and responder notification procedures to speed emergency response.

Ending — Manager directed staff to install monitored alarms and AEDs on every floor and to return with an implementation plan and training schedule; the fire department offered to assist with staff training.