By Amanda Watkin | Project Leader
Knowing that there is great public support for life saving equipment has been a real motivator for driving the activity around this project.
We have secured funding that will potentially enable the installation of three Public Access Defibrillators but we have encountered challenges in where to securely (and legally) place this much needed equipment...
However, after a few months of running round in circles, we have just learnt that the first defibrillator will most likely be housed in a local telephone kiosk!
Adoption of the BT Kiosk requires several application stages to be undertaken and to help us with this process we have connected with the organisation that will supply, install and maintain this vital equipment – The Community Heartbeat Trust (CHT).
BT and The Community Heartbeat Trust, are working together to help communities turn their adopted telephone boxes into local medical centres, by using them as homes for Public Access Defibrillators, storing the defibrillator in a well-recognised, safe, weather-protected location.
Adoption of the telephone box is £1 from BT who will provide free electricity for the first 7 years of the project for all CHT projects. There is no automatic right to use the unmetered supply in a kiosk, only the 8 Watts in the adoption agreement for the internal light. Permission to connect to the electricity is required for adopted kiosks, either from CHT or from BT directly.
CHT were the originators of the use of telephone kiosks for defibrillator use and now have around 1000 sites using kiosks. They are the partner organisation to BT and the only approved installer from BT. All kiosk installations are pre-registered onto the WebNos Governance system so BT can monitor electricity usage, and the local ambulance service is aware of the location and status too.
We are really pleased to be supported by CHT and look forward to posting once again when the installations are complete!
By Amanda Watkin | Project Leader
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