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Lincoln Heights-area fire department wins $223,000 federal grant for cardiac monitors
Summary
Woodlawn Fire Department received a $223,000 federal grant to buy portable 12‑lead cardiac monitors; the department also reiterated free smoke-detector installs (single-family homes) and low-cost CPR classes for residents.
Woodlawn Fire Department announced at the Oct. 14 Lincoln Heights council meeting that it has been awarded a federal grant of $223,000 to buy advanced, portable cardiac monitors for use by paramedics in the field.
The grant was described by Assistant Fire Chief Jonathan Jenkins, who said the monitors are "very similar to what you would see in the hospital" and will improve cardiac care for residents of Woodlawn and Lincoln Heights. Jenkins told the council the devices are more advanced than public automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and are intended for use by trained paramedics.
Jenkins also described ongoing community safety programs: a partnership with the American Red Cross that provides two to three free smoke detectors to single-family homes (the department will install them; landlords are responsible for multifamily units), and low-cost CPR certification classes the department can arrange for community groups. "We install the detectors. We provide the detectors. We install the detectors," Jenkins said, and added the department can schedule CPR classes and help organize training for neighborhood groups.
Mayor Ruby Kinsey Mumphrey introduced Jenkins to the council before the announcement. Council members thanked the department; several raised follow-up questions about deployment and whether the village could expand public-access devices in highly trafficked locations.
The department did not provide a firm deployment timetable during the meeting; Jenkins said staff would provide more details if the council requests them.
