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El Segundo Fire Department holds Super CPR Saturday and open house at Fire Station 1
Summary
The El Segundo Fire Department hosted Super CPR Saturday alongside a Fire Station 1 open house to teach CPR and let residents tour apparatus; staff highlighted recent AED placements around the city and organizers said the combined event has been held for two years.
The El Segundo Fire Department hosted Super CPR Saturday and an open house at Fire Station 1, bringing CPR training and station tours to residents, organizers said. The event combined hands-on CPR classes with the opportunity for children and families to tour fire trucks and ambulances.
“This is our big annual CPR event,” said a Fire Department staff member, who described the program’s origins with former Fire Marshal James Carver and said the department has tracked increased bystander CPR in recent calls. “It’s a great way to bring the community in, teach them a valuable life saving skill.”
Staff said the department has also been promoting automated external defibrillators, or AEDs. “Our new fire chief, Chief Avery, his big push right now is to get as many AEDs as he can out to the community,” the staff member said, adding that AEDs have been installed at parks and recreation facilities, at city hall and at the senior center.
Organizers described the event as a community outreach effort. The department combined Super CPR Saturday with the station open house two years ago to make it easier for attendees to take a class and then stay for tours and demonstrations. “So people as they finish up CPR are now staying for the open house,” the staff member said.
Residents who attended said the classes and station tours were informative. “I came out two years ago with my mom, and I really learned a lot about how to save people's lives,” said a resident attendee. Another parent said children enjoyed exploring the trucks and ambulances: “They were really excited to go in the fire trucks and go in the back of the ambulance. They really enjoyed it.”
The open house included family-friendly features such as free food and concessions, which one attendee noted made the event appealing for children. Staff and attendees emphasized the event’s role in community education rather than any formal policy action by the city.
That’s a wrap on the two events at Fire Station 1, host Aguirre De Lio said at the conclusion of the coverage: “I’m Aguirre De Lio, and I’ll see you next time.”
