Governor Ivey signed a proclamation recognizing Dothan’s HeartSafe initiative, Tuesday.
Leaders from the Southeast Health Medical Center and Dothan Fire Department visited the state capitol for Governor Ivey to recognize Dothan as the state’s first HeartSafe city.
The HeartSafe program has trained over 7,000 people for CPR.
Over 70 businesses are also receiving training. The Southeast Health Foundation and the Fire Department are hopeful this will inspire other cities in the state.
”This project, this initiative, has taken us 6 years since its inception. It is really nice to be recognized for the efforts,” Amy Bunting with the Southeast Health Foundation said.
”There are over 350,000 sudden cardiac deaths a year. By having trained people in our community, having someone that can start hands-only CPR or CPR on a patient that needs it, increases the survivability of our community which makes us safer and whole, and a better community all together,” Dothan Fire Chief Chris Etheredge said.
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VIDEO: Wednesday, Birmingham City School’s Fire Science students participated in the second annual fire expo and challenge with the Birmingham Fire Department. Schools such as Carver, Parker, Huffman, and Wenonah competed, and some of them even got job opportunities.
The hard work and dedication of these students impressed their teachers, who are retired firefighters and worked with the Birmingham Fire Department for about three decades. Teachers have been training these students for the last few months while sharing their valuable experiences with them.
The students from Wenonah High School were crowned champions of the expo for the second year in a row. Some seniors even spoke to the personnel board about joining the fire department’s recruit class after their graduation this month.
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