Sara Hegarty, American Heart Association executive director, presents the lifeline award to Fire Chief Tom Brice and Deputy Chief Jim Rodriguez as members of the department watch.
The American Heart Association recognized members of the Perrysburg Township Fire Department with a Lifeline EMS Performance Achievement award.
At the trustees November 3 meeting, Sara Hegarty, Toledo AHA executive director, commended the department for “the critical life-saving role EMS provides to the overall success of STEMI care, which treats the most severe type of heart attack.