Published: June 05, 2015
FDNY RECEIVES AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AWARD AT NATIONAL CPR & AED AWARENESS WEEK EVENT
 Members of CPR Training Unit accept the Heartsaver Award
On Thursday, June 4, as part of National CPR Week, members of the CPR Training Unit accepted a Heartsaver Award on behalf of FDNY. Members also participated in the Keep the Beat Challenge to break the Guinness World Record of most people in CPR relay and taught free compressions-only CPR to the public.
The Heartsaver award is given by the American Heart Association to people, organizations and businesses that take extraordinary steps to strengthen the Chain of Survival. FDNY was awarded for the heartsaving work of all the members, and for the “Be 911: Teens Take Heart,” joint CPR training initiative with the New York City Department of Education (DOE) and NYC Service aiming to teach 5,000 New York City high school students compressions-only CPR.
“It is an honor to receive this award on behalf of FDNY,” said Captain Cesar Escobar, who heads the CPR Training Unit. “Education is essential in all aspects of the Department’s work and for every person we teach this essential skill there is a person who will be given a second chance at life.”
 Members of Engine Company 54 participate in the Keep the Beat Challenge
Members of Engine Company 54 also participated in the Keep the Beat Challenge. Engine members are Certified First Responders and dispatched to life-threatening emergencies, often serving as an essential link in the chain of survival.
Also at the event was Brittany Williams. Williams experienced cardiac arrest in a restaurant while vacationing with her parents in Manhattan. She was aided by two bystanders on-scene, before Firefighters from Engine Company 23, Paramedics and EMTs from Mt. Sinai and a Lieutenant from Station 10 arrived minutes later.
"I love New York City, it is the city that saved my life," said Williams at annual Second Chance Ceremony was held at the FDNY Training Academy on Randall's Island on Wednesday, May 20. Since being revived, Williams has become a national CPR advocate and participated in the Keep the Beat relay as well.
Earlier this year, FDNY was also awarded an American Heart Association Mission Lifeline Recognition Award for the Department's collaboration with Hospital care providers - another essential link in the chain of survival.
See more photos from the Keep the Beat Challenge here
Read more about and register for the Teens Take Heart program here
Read more about the Second Chance Ceremony here
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