Kenmore resident donates new defibrillator to Northshore Fire

Margaret Harmon, center, donated a defibrillator to Northshore Fire

On November 23, 2011, the Northshore Fire Department received a new automatic external defibrillator (AED). The new AED was provided to the fire department as a donation from Kenmore resident, Margaret Harmon. 

Ms. Harmon recently retired from Physio Control in Redmond after working there for 30 years. Physio Control is a manufacturer of defibrillator units and has a program that provides a new AED to retiring employees to donate to the agency or charity of their choice.

AED’s are used to provide an electrical shock to the heart, typically following a heart attack or similar event in order to re-establish a normal heart rhythm. The unit will be placed in the new headquarters fire station in Kenmore, located at 7220 NE 181st Street. 

“We have citizens come in periodically with heart related problems”, said Deputy Chief Jim Torpin, “This will provide us immediate access to life saving technology right in the lobby of the fire station”.

The Northshore Fire Department and the citizens that it serves are very fortunate and eternally grateful to Ms. Harmon and Physio Control for this generous donation.