EMS Bike Program

During Applefest in September of 1996, the Fire Division identified the need to be able to bring Emergency Medical Services to citizens in the festival crowd in a timely manner. Penetrating the festival crowd with the ambulance proved to be a time consuming and frustrating process. This equated to an unacceptable degradation of service to the community and visitors.

When a Cannondale Mountain Bike became available through the Lebanon Police Division bicycle auction, Fire Division members saw the possibility to equip the bike with a fully automatic defibrillator and EMS equipment to provide a method of EMS delivery which could quickly maneuver through the festival crowds.

The bike is equipped with a Physio Control LifePak 500 fully automatic defibrillator, EMS equipment and EMS supplies which allow the EMT or Paramedic riding the bike to begin treating a customer before the ambulance is able to work it's way through the crowd.

The EMS bike program has proven to be a very effective tool in bringing improved service to our customers.

NOTE: All of the Fire Division's vehicles carry difibrillators to allow the crew of any vehicle to begin treatment should they arrive at the scene of a heart attack requiring the administration of a defibrillator.

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