Has your agency made strides in promoting Public Access Defibrillation in your community?

Now is the time to get in your nominations forms for the Heart Safe Community/PAD Award sponsored by the International Association of Fire Chiefs' EMS Section and Medtronic Physio-Control Corp.

The award is presented annually to a Fire Service EMS agency (or agencies) that has played a key role in creating and/or promoting PAD in their community. It will be presented at the EMS Section's annual conference, Fire-Rescue Med, April 26-28 in Las Vegas, Nev.

Criteria for the award include:

• The creation of a PAD program in your community and/or surrounding communities;

• Creative approaches to overcoming obstacles for implementing PAD programs;

• Increased awareness for the need for PAD through education and/or training efforts;

• Ongoing support for community PAD programs.
  

The deadline for nomination forms is Friday, Jan. 16. For more information and the nomination form, click here.