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Public Safety Commission seeks funding to install bleeding‑control kits in town AED boxes
Summary
The Public Safety Commission requested about $5,000 to place and publicize bleeding‑control kits in AED cabinets across town, citing Public Act 25‑160; the commission proposed a phased rollout and training tie‑ins with PulsePoint and Parks & Rec programs.
Frank Bumbaca, cochair of the Public Safety Commission, asked the council to fund an initial rollout of bleeding‑control kits to comply with Public Act 25‑160 and to support training and outreach.
"This is a—you can get kits that do expire. These kits do not," Bumbaca said, describing a kit that contains tourniquets, gauze, gloves and trauma shears. He said the plan was to place two kits in each AED…
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