The Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation in Jacksonville, Florida, has donated more than $400,000 to first responders in Kentucky alone, and recently the foundation awarded a $17,000 grant to Madison County EMS for up-to-date CPR equipment.
Firehouse Subs, a restaurant that opened 22 years ago in Florida decided to help out after Hurricane Katrina. The foundation was then conceived to help first responders by donating portions of its revenue back into the foundation. Now, all proceeds go toward new equipment for first responders throughout the country.
The new equipment includes six baby mannequins, six adult mannequins and a bluetooth device that monitors the pressure applied to the chest, whether the paramedic is giving the proper amount of air and the speed of chest compressions, for example.