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Board raises questions about liability, home access and drone delivery for AED program
Summary
During Q&A on the Neighborhood Heroes presentation board members asked whether insurance companies would block AED placement, how private-residence notifications work and whether drone delivery could reduce unit counts; staff said Good Samaritan protections generally apply and drone delivery is possible but not yet funded in McKinney.
Board members pressed the presenter on two operational issues: liability for devices placed at private sites and the feasibility of drone delivery.
One board member reported that an insurance carrier advised against placing an AED at a business because "they do not want you to have one on-site" and raised concerns about maintenance and on-site staff training. Ben Jones responded that he had not previously encountered carrier refusals and that "the good Samaritan law protects anybody that is out to do no harm," adding that the Avive devices provide daily self-checks on a dashboard that limit maintenance liability.
On drone delivery, a board member asked whether fewer devices plus a small drone fleet could achieve coverage. Jones said the technology exists and some programs launch drones from a central facility with an AED, but McKinney's drone program and funding are not yet at that stage. He described drone delivery as a promising but currently unfunded option.
