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Every Tuscaloosa Fire Rescue engine and ladder truck will soon be furnished with advanced life support equipment, including cardiac monitors, defibrillators and automated CPR devices, thanks to roughly $1.4 million worth of funding.
The equipment, which is largely funded by grants and other funding outside of the city s general fund, will increase the chances of survival for sudden cardiac arrest cases and other medical emergencies, city officials said Monday.
“I hope that myself nor anyone in my family (has to use) any of these pieces of equipment, said Mayor Walt Maddox during a Monday afternoon news conference. But as a citizen of Tuscaloosa, it gives me great comfort to know that if my child is at the bottom of a swimming pool, or my father or mother has a stroke or a heart attack, if something catastrophic happens anywhere in our city, that the men and women of Tuscaloosa Fire and Rescue are not only going to be there with a very quick and effective response, they