General News
2 March, 2026
Auxiliary rolling out more defibs
THE first of two new defibrillators with 24/7 public access has been installed at Inglewood fire station.
The donation by the town’s ambulance auxiliary lifts the number of AEDs across the district purchased with funds raised through the op-shop to more than 20.
Auxiliary secretary Deb Coon said public access was the criteria for auxiliary-donated units. “The fire station AED has been located at the main entrance and provides another potential life-saving location for the community,” she said.
Deb said another AED would be installed shortly at Bridgewater Primary School.
Automated external defibrillators are used during a cardiac arrest to shock the patient’s heart back into normal function.
Ambulance Victoria maintains a register of AED locations on its website.
It says that every day, about 20 Victorians suffer a cardiac arrest and only one in 10 survive.
Deb said: “Funding AEDs at 24/7 locations is about helping our communities .”
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