Boise Fire tracks more than 600 AEDs with a mobile app to help save lives

A life-saving device is now easier to find in Boise’s public spaces thanks to work by Boise Fire and Boise Parks and Recreation.

Automated external defibrillators, known as AEDs, can help revive someone experiencing sudden cardiac arrest — and the city is placing them in strategic locations such as Ann Morrison Park.

“AED use is the number one thing, second only to compressions, that makes a difference early on in the process,” said EMS Division Chief Kurt Freeman with Boise Fire…

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