The Walney community rallied together after news that the Douglas Street defibrillator was irreparably damaged in February. Douglas Street Stores led a donation campaign to replace the equipment, raising £700 towards the installation of a new defibrillator for the street. Kristian Speirs, team leader at Barrow and Walney First Responders, said he was livid after discovering the defibrillator was damaged by an unknown person. He said: These defibrillators have been on the island for over 10 years now and we have had a couple of incidents where kids have messed around with but not when someone has actually broken them. Call operators sometimes recommend members of the public to use a community defibrillator while someone is suffering from a cardiac arrest to increase their chances of survival.