Defibrillators in the workplace data

Request

1. Do you have AEDs (defibrillators) in your workplace?

2. If yes, where are your AEDs stored? (e.g. in vehicles, in offices/stations, outside of building in a cabinet)

3. How many AEDs do you have?

4. What make & model are the AEDs please?How old are the AEDs or what
year were they purchased?

5. When would you look to replace your AEDs?

6. Who in the force deals with the maintenance of equipment such as AEDs?

7. Who is in charge of purchasing equipment such as AEDs?

8. Where do you purchase AEDs from?

Response

We approached an advisor from the Health and Safety Team, who provided us with the information for questions 1-5 and 8:

1. Yes (some locations).

2. Yes e.g., response vehicles, police stations, internal and some external boxes
where stations can be accessed.

3. Internally stored AEDs = 14 / ARV Vehicles = 11 (approximately) / External of Buildings in box = 3

4. We have a variety at present but are working on just having Cardiac Science G5 and Lifepack 1000.

5. We are not aware of how old the AEDs are – No information held.

8. AEDs are purchased by individual districts and departments initially and then all consumables are purchased and replaced via the Facilities Management Department.

We then approached an administrator from the Estates & Facilities Management Team, who provided us with the answers for questions 6, 7 and 9:

6. We would only replace in situations where the unit is damaged or beyond economical repair.

7. Internal Maintenance teams.

9. Units are purchased on a 3 Quote basis when required due to the infrequency of ordering.

Please note, every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that data has been extracted from data sources used by this force for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording systems and information assets.

The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures/data for any requests may have limitations, and this should be taken into account when those data are used.

Police forces do not use generic systems or identical procedures for capturing the data. For these reasons this response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with responses you may receive from other police forces.