Rainbow VFD receives new AEDs

Five new automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) were received by the Rainbow Volunteer Fire Department (VFD) in late December.

The fire department had received a $7,400 grant from the Fallbrook Healthcare District in late summer for the five new AEDs.

“It was a little bit of a process and a lot of paperwork to do, but they were very helpful and awarded us the grant,” said Rainbow VFD fire chief Bruce Fried.

The new AEDs will replace the department’s five AEDs which are approximately 10 years old. “They still function,” Fried said of the older AEDs. “We will look for a place to probably keep...