Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
We can confirm that Essex County Fire & Rescue Service does hold the information you have requested.
Questions and final response:
Question 1 – Do you have AEDs (defibrillators) in your service?
Essex County Fire & Rescue Service (ECFRS) have 145 AEDs (defibrillators), these are held on all fire appliances, at our larger fire stations where colleagues are located, at all of our Training establishments and our Fleet Workshops.
Question 2 – If yes, where are your AEDs stored? (e.g. in Fire vehicles, inside the stations or outside of the station in a cabinet) .
The AEDs (defibrillators) are on our fire appliances. The remaining AEDs (defibrillators) are situated within the common areas of the buildings that they are located at, fixed to a wall to allow for easy and quick access.
Question 3 – How many AEDs do you have?
See response to Question 1.
Question 4 – What make & model are the AEDs please? Cardiac Science G5
Question 5 – How old are the AEDs or what year were they purchased?
The defibrillators were purchased in 2014, so are 10 years old in 2024.
Question 6 – When would you look to replace your AEDs?
A full procurement exercise will be undertaken to replace these devices in 2025.
This work will be carried out via a National Framework (if available) or via a fair and transparent procurement process.
Question 7 – Who in your organisation deals with the maintenance of equipment such as AEDs?
The ECFRS’ Technical Services Department are responsible for the maintenance of the defibrillators.
Question 8 – Who is in charge of purchasing equipment such as AEDs?
The ECFRS’ Technical Services Department are responsible for the procurement of the defibrillators.
Question 9 – Where do you purchase AEDs from?
Our original order of defibrillators in 2014 was with Cardiac Science. Subsequent purchases have been made from Zoll and the De-Fib shop.
We hope you find this information useful.
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Incident and other data is published on our transparency site. Incident Data (essexfire.gov.uk).
Please note that the response and data released to you as part of this request will be published on our website http://transparency.essex-fire.gov.uk/.
All requests will be anonymised and no personal information including contact details will be disclosed as part of this process.
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Thank you for your interest in Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, we hope this satisfies your request.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to apply for an internal review.
Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of your original email and should be sent to informationgovernance@essex-fire.gov.uk or sent to our postal address: Internal Review, Information Governance Team, Kelvedon Park, Rivenhall, Witham, Essex CM8 3HB.
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