Public Access AED Local EMS Agency Notification
The California Health and Safety Code (HSC) requires individuals or organizations placing an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) to notify the local EMS Agency of the location and type of AED placed.
HSC 1797.196 (b) (1) “… a person or entity that acquires an AED shall do the following:”
“… (B) Notify an agent of the local EMS agency of the existence, location, and type of AED acquired…”
Click here to view the HSC section referenced above.
Coastal Valleys EMS Agency (CVEMSA) is the Local EMS Agency (LEMSA) for Sonoma and Mendocino Counties. CVEMSA uses the PulsePoint AED Registry for capturing the information required by California Health and Safety Code, and uses that system to assist the local EMS responders in maintaining an awareness of AEDs in the community, as well as alerting bystanders for those AEDs that are publicly available.
To complete the notification process please enter AED information directly into the PulsePoint AED registry here:
PulsePoint AED Registry
Please note, the information entered is for the purpose of public safety response awareness, emergency alerting and regulatory notification. When registering, AED owners may choose to allow their AEDs to be visible and available to the general public for use in emergency situations, or restrict access to designated staff. AED owners may choose to provide PulsePoint with detailed information regarding their AED placement hovever the only required information that needs to be provided for the purpose of compliance with Health and Safety Code is the location and type of AED placed.
PulsePoint is a national registry of AEDs and CVEMSA utilizes the system to resister AEDs within the LEMSA juristiction. PulsePoint does not sell customer data, and publishes privacy practices here:
- https://www.pulsepoint.org/registryterms
- https://www.pulsepoint.org/eula
- https://www.pulsepoint.org/foundation#privacy
AED owners with questions may This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.or contact us via phone at (707) 565-6501
The PulsePoint AED registry and PulsePoint AED system are provided through a partnership with Save Lives Sonoma and Save Lives Mendocino (Citizens for Public Resuscitation, a 501c3 educational organization) and supported by grant funding from the PulsePoint Foundation.