Lifesaving equipment stolen from Ashdown Forest

Tuesday, 3 December 2024 16:19

By Dominic Kureen @WriteOnDom

VANDALS have desecrated and then stolen a lifesaving defibrillator in the Ashdown Forest Centre car park at Wych Cross near Forest Row.

It was found discarded on a nearby roadside and is no longer in a usable condition.

Mark Pearson, CEO at Ashdown Forest, said:

"Defibrillators are costly, life-saving pieces of equipment, and we are saddened to have received this report.

"We are enormously grateful to the Crowborough Community First Responders who have acted with incredible speed to provide and fit a temporary defibrillator.

"It is an incredible organisation that works tirelessly to respond to emergencies and make sure that equipment is in place so that in the event they are required, they can be accessed quickly."

The defibrillator was installed in January 2023, funded by The Friends of Ashdown Forest and East Grinstead Memorial Estates.

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