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2016 Annual Report • Fire Department • St. Anthony Village, Minnesota <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />30 | Page <br /> <br />questions you may have. Typically the survey involves discussing safety of all kinds regarding <br />your home specifically. Cooking, use of electrical adapters, fireplaces, trip and fall hazards, <br />having medical information readily available (like the previously mentioned File of Life) as well <br />as Carbon Monoxide and Fire Alarms. The emphasis of the survey is checking locations of <br />smoke alarms already in the home, the date of those alarms, and possible spots to put <br />additional alarms. This is not a formal fire inspection but a very informal discussion. We do <br />require a simple informational sheet we fill out and return to the Red Cross. Based on the <br />situation and need, we may be able to supply up to 3 fire alarms at no cost. These are supplied <br />at no cost to us through the partnership with the American Red Cross. <br />Smoke alarms save lives! Schedule your appointment today. <br />HEART SAFE COMMUNITY <br />In 2014 an American Heart Association and Minnesota Department of Health program <br />acknowledged the City of St. Anthony as a Heart Safe Community. This was accomplished thru <br />an application process that focused on our readiness as a community to handle any type of <br />cardiac event within the city. This not only looked at the readiness and equipment level of the <br />personnel responding to a 911 call for help: police, fire and Ambulance. It also focused on the <br />community at large. Our Police officers are trained as first responders, and as state certified <br />EMT’s the members of the St. Anthony Fire Department have special training in handling any <br />cardiac event. Our city also teams up with Hennepin County Medical Center for our ambulance <br />service. All these levels of care from basic through advanced care, were viewed as highly <br />favorable on our application. But that was not all that was required. We also needed to <br />demonstrate the community itself was ready for action. This is where all of our CPR training <br />done in the schools, and CPR classes given by members of the department to the local public <br />come into play. But yet there was more needed! We made an attempt to locate businesses that <br />have public access to an AED or Automated External Defibrillator. This tool plays a big role in <br />the AHA’s Chain of Survival! We found that many of our local businesses and offices, and all of <br />our schools have access to an AED! All of this put together allowed the American Heart <br />Association to designate the City of St. Anthony as a Heart Safe Community! In 2016 we <br />continue to improve our community each and every year by offering and giving CPR courses by <br />certified instructors on the fire department. With this ongoing training and AED availability