Loveland Reporter-Herald
LOVELAND, Colo. — Beginning in 2026, new public spaces with an occupancy of 100 people or more will be required to have an automated external defibrillator onsite to assist with sudden cardiac arrest because of a Loveland Fire Rescue Authority local amendment to the International Fire Code.
The life-saving move allows public spaces within the agency’s response area to live up to what it means to be a Heart Safe Community, said Fire Chief Tim Sendelbach, adding that the message was put into perspective when Lt. Shelby Vrem collapsed during last year’s 9/11 memorial stair climb…