Area schools to get

FALLBROOK — Automatic external defibrillators are being placed in all of the public schools in Fallbrook, Bonsall and Rainbow. These defibrillators are used to shock heart attack victims back to life.

Personnel in all of the schools will be trained in the use of the machine by members of the North County Fire Protection District. The school personnel will also be trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

The person behind this push to get the machines in the schools is Cathy Fried, emergency communications CPR/AED training director for the North County Fire Protection District. “I’ve wor...