Thanks to some award winning fundraising, 11 organizations in Lambton are getting public access defibrillators (PAD's).
Local EMS staff raised over $15,000 for the devices through the Becel Heart and Stroke Ride for Heart.
PAD Coordinator Jon Cann says the defibrillators are especially important in rural areas of the county.
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Cann says the easy to use defibrillators are operated by a simple button push. Over 70 PAD's have been placed in the community through the program.
For their efforts, the County EMS team was presented with the Team Fundraising Award