Hemet proclaims October 2025 Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month; Healthy Valley promotes PulsePoint app
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Summary
The council presented a proclamation declaring October 2025 Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month and Healthy Valley Foundation and Hemet Fire promoted PulsePoint, an app that alerts trained bystanders to nearby cardiac arrests; presenters cited survival-rate improvements with bystander CPR and urged residents to download and train.
At the Oct. 14 Hemet City Council meeting, the council presented a proclamation designating October 2025 as Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month and heard a presentation on PulsePoint, a mobile app that alerts nearby trained bystanders to cardiac arrests.
Jennifer O’Farrell of the Healthy Valley Foundation described PulsePoint as an app that notifies registered community responders when emergency dispatch identifies a cardiac arrest nearby. O’Farrell said PulsePoint can increase survival when bystanders trained in CPR respond; she cited an 11 percent baseline survival rate for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the U.S. and said community bystander response can raise that rate to about 46 percent in incidents where bystanders provide quality CPR.
O’Farrell said the city of Hemet and Hemet Fire were early adopters in their emergency-district area and that the foundation has promoted trainings and registration: she reported “over 800 PulsePoint app downloads within our community” and said the program’s goal is 2,000 registered responders so multiple community responders can reach incidents and rotate CPR duties. The presentation listed 28 CPR/AED trainings for the month and multiple 60-minute “Power Up” trainings; O’Farrell said more than 200 registrants had already signed up for the short classes.
Chief Webb of the Hemet Fire Department accepted the proclamation and thanked the council. Mayor Jackie Peterson presented the proclamation designating October 2025 as Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month and urged residents to learn CPR, locate AEDs and download PulsePoint.
Legal/protective context: O’Farrell told the council that Good Samaritan protections permit community members to render aid; the presentation also noted PulsePoint’s AED-mapping features and a community contest to register AEDs in public locations.
No formal council vote was recorded in the presentation segment provided; the proclamation was presented by the mayor and accepted by the nonprofit and fire department representatives on the dais.
