Selectboard backs defibrillator grant application and discusses dispatch costs
The board authorized town staff to apply for a grant to buy defibrillators for the administrative building and vehicles and discussed compiling dispatching and policing cost comparisons for April.
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The Selectboard authorized staff to apply for grant funding to purchase automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for town facilities and vehicles. Emergency-services representatives said the town currently lacks an AED in the town office and requested three to four devices; one board member noted an estimated new AED list price of about $1,500 each, meaning total equipment costs could be roughly $6,000 if buying several units.
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