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McHenry County fire chiefs propose countywide PulsePoint app to speed bystander CPR
Summary
Fire chiefs asked the Law & Government Committee to support a countywide PulsePoint implementation that would integrate with dispatch to notify nearby CPR-trained bystanders and map AEDs; presenters said a countywide roll‑out would lower per‑resident costs and potentially save lives.
Fire chiefs from across McHenry County asked the Law & Government Committee on Friday to support pursuing a countywide implementation of the PulsePoint app, a CAD-integrated system that pushes alerts to nearby CPR-trained bystanders and displays AED locations.
The proposal was presented by Fire Chief Dan Wagner of Huntley and other district chiefs, who said the nonprofit PulsePoint system notifies registered responders when a 911 caller reports cardiac arrest and can shorten the time to first compressions. "If we can say 1 to 2 percent of those people, every year we'd be saving, you…
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