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2017 Annual Report • Fire Department • St. Anthony Village, Minnesota 29 | Page additional alarms. This is not a formal fire inspection but a very informal discussion. We do require a simple informational sheet we fill out and return to the Red Cross. Based on the situation and need, we are able to supply up to 3 fire alarms at no cost. These are supplied to us at no cost (thru the partnership) by the American Red Cross. HEART SAFE COMMUNITY The City of St. Anthony continues to be recognized by the American Heart Association and Minnesota Department of Health as a Heart Safe Community. This was accomplished thru an application process that focused on our readiness as a community to handle any type of cardiac event within the city. This not only looked at the readiness and equipment level of the personnel responding to a 911 call for help: police, fire and Ambulance. It also focused on the community at large. Our Police officers are trained as first responders, and as state certified EMT’s the members of the St. Anthony Fire Department have special training in handling any cardiac event. Our city also teams up with Hennepin County Medical Center for our ambulance service. All these levels of care from basic through advanced care, were viewed as highly favorable on our application. But that was not all that was required. We also needed to demonstrate the community itself was ready for action. This is where all of our CPR training done in the schools, and CPR classes given by members of the department to the local public come into play. But yet there was more needed! We made an attempt to locate businesses that have public access to an AED or Automated External Defibrillator. This tool plays a big role in the AHA’s Chain Of Survival! We found that many of our local businesses and offices have access to an AED! All of this put together allowed the American Heart Association to designate the City of St. Anthony as a Heart Safe Community! In 2017 we continued to make the effort to improve our community by offering and giving CPR courses by certified instructors on the fire department. With this ongoing training and AED availability continuing to grow, the City of St. Anthony strives to continue to grow as a Heart Safe Community. As a Heart Safe Community it is in our interests to see that there is a way to be proactive when it comes to your heart health. One way we can do this as firefighters is to offer Blood Pressure Checks at our fire station. Whether you are just curious about what your blood pressure is or