ATTENTION ALL PALUMA RESIDENTS
A new Defibrillator is now installed at the Community Hall.
The unit is in a cabinet which is mounted on the outside wall of the Community Hall, next to the main entry door to the Hall. Please take a look at the photographs below to familiarise yourself with the location of the unit.
New signage indicating that the unit is available at the Community Hall will be installed at the front and side of the Hall.
The cabinet is unlocked and it is alarmed (with a siren). The siren will go off as soon as the cabinet is opened, but it stops again when the door is shut. We are hoping that the siren/alarm will deter any would-be vandals from interfering with the unit.
May we please request that if any nearby residents hear the alarm going off that they investigate to either provide assistance in a genuine emergency, or chase away any idiots or vandals who might be interfering with the unit.
We are hoping that the current arrangement will work and that vandals will refrain from interfering with the Defibrillator. The preference is that we do not lock the cabinet, as this would mean that in an emergency people would have to seek out the key or the security code to get access to the unit. This delay could potentially mean the difference between saving a life, or having the worst happen.
We are relying on the eyes and ears of the Paluma community to be watchful and vigilant in protecting this unit.
The best outcome is that the Defibrillator sits idle, mounted on the wall for many years to come and that we never have to use it!
Over to you Paluma community!
Thank you Wilfred for providing the photographs and information for this post.
An excellent initiative. Hopefully not needed but what a wonderful thing to know if someone did need it we know just where to fine it. Simple to use and a real life saver especially when we are some distance away from emergency help. Thanks to all involved.
Excellent. Well done.
Thank you to the PDCA for this initiative in providing a Defibrillator unit for the Paluma community. I sincerely hope I never have to use it, but it is reassuring to know it is there should there be an emergency. Thanks to Wilfred for installing the unit and making sure the message gets out to everyone about its location.