Defibrillators installed in the North Tongass Service Area

Members of the NTVFD and Alaska State Troopers installing AEDs. (Photo courtesy KRBD)
The North Tongass Volunteer Fire Department recently purchased 34 automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, and is finishing installation of the units. Fire chief Jerry Kiffer says the project was funded through a Commercial Passenger Vessel grant due to the large number of cruise ship passengers bused into the service area.
He says time is critical if someone goes into cardiac arrest, and to be effective, de