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Cheektowaga reports AED rollout across town buildings and police cars; 82 units in inventory and six documented critical uses
Summary
Fire inspector Craig McConaughey briefed the board on an expansion of the town’s automated external defibrillator (AED) program funded with American Rescue Plan funds, reporting 82 units in inventory, placement across police cars and town buildings, and six uses since January 2024 with three successful resuscitations.
Craig McConaughey, a Town of Cheektowaga fire inspector who manages the town’s AED program, told the Town Board on Jan. 14, 2025 that the town now inventories 82 AED units deployed across town buildings, police vehicles and other municipal locations following a purchase funded in part by American Rescue Plan Act allocations.
McConaughey said the inventory includes 54 Stryker LifePak 1000 units (45 of those just over one year old), 25 ZOLL Medical units obtained through an agreement with Axon Public Safety and three Medtronic Physio‑Control LifePak 500 units held in storage as spares. He said 38 AEDs are deployed in police cars (patrol, traffic, community services and the tactical unit), six are…
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