The North Watford Allotment and Garden Society have been searching for a new spot for one of their defibrillators.
On February 19, David Rusher, member of the group, asked locals’ advice on an accessible place to keep the device to allow use by the public. Currently, it isn’t adequately placed to maximise potential emergency needs.
The society have defibrillators at both Callowland Allotments and Garston Manor Allotments, but the Garston Manor one is not suitably located to allow general use.
This means, unlike the Callowland one, it cannot be nationally registered and therefore the general public cannot use it in an emergency. Indeed, the Callowland defibrillator was actually used in an emergency.
David wrote: “If you know of a worthy location please reach out and we can look at potentially making this life saving piece of equipment more conveniently accessible.”
Garston residents provided various suggestions in the comments, including the corner of Sheepcot Lane and the Woodside Playing Fields.
David added that the location of the defibrillator will need a permanent power supply.
Photo credit: North Watford Allotment and Garden Society Facebook
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