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Hillsborough Fire Rescue Wins 2011 Heart Safe Community Award

"The citizens of Hillsborough County should take pride and be reassured that cardiac care in our community is among the best anywhere in the nation," said David Travis Interim Assistant Chief.

Hillsborough County Fire Rescue brought home the 2011 Heart Safe Community Award at the International Association of Fire Chiefs Emergency Medical Services Section’s Fire-Rescue Med in Las Vegas on May 9. Hillsborough Fire Rescue won the top honors for large communities with a population of more than 100,000.

“I am proud of our Fire Rescue team for their commitment to train on and teach the latest techniques to save those with heart problems,” said interim Fire Chief Ron Rogers. “The relationships we have built in our community benefit the patient from before we get to the scene through the definitive care they receive in the hospital.”

The annual Heart Safe Community Awards recognize fire service-based EMS and other EMS systems that have used creative approaches to implement and maintain systems that prevent and treat cardiac related diseases within the communities they serve.

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“Hillsborough County Fire Rescue stood out by developing and implementing several creative elements to their program, including a community-wide bystander CPR training program that resulted in 10,000 Hillsborough County ninth-grade students being trained in CPR,” said an IAFC statement announcing the award.

“The citizens of Hillsborough County should take pride and be reassured that cardiac care in our community is among the best anywhere in the nation,” said David Travis interim assistant chief.

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“This award represents years of work that has truly been a community effort with the local physicians, hospital personnel, and most recently the School Board.”

The department and the local Emergency Planning Council have recently worked with the School Board to have CPR included in the curriculum in County schools.

 

 

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