[Talk-GB] Defibrillator Mapping

[Gregory]

I have a reply from the North East Ambulance Service.
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/locations_of_defibulators#incoming-818141

2nd and 3rd PDFs (CPADS and STATICS) contain a table of locations. Statics
not being 24/7 access, but I think it's still good to include (with
suitable tagging).


Ben, you could try Yorkshire Ambulance Service, and refer to that website.
Maybe "request additional information about our services" is the most
appropriate on http://www.yas.nhs.uk/TalktoUs/Contact_Us.html


>From Newcastle,
Gregory.

On 23 May 2016 at 22:50, Ben Pollinger <benpollinger+osm at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> There's a project started for Yorkshire and Humber, which seems to be run
> by Yorkshire Ambulance Service, BHF and others:
> https://www.mapmydefib.com
>
> No actual map there, just a form asking for people to register new defibs.
>
> I'm not sure how to approach them but willing to give something a go.
>
> Ben
>
> On 22 April 2016 at 14:43, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) <
> robert.whittaker+osm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It was suggested that trying to increase our mapping of public
>> Defibrillators would be a good think. After a bit of digging, it seems
>> that Ambulance Services typically maintain a list of locations, with a
>> view to informing people about them if a 999 call comes in nearby
>> where one might be useful.
>>
>> The different services seem to take quite different views on these
>> lists. My local service (East of England) actively publicise their
>> list (
>> http://www.eastamb.nhs.uk/Get-involved/Community-Public-Access-Defibrillators.htm
>> )
>> on the grounds that raising awareness of the locations will make it
>> more likely that someone will know about and find a defibrillator in
>> an emergency. Other services have refused FOI requests on the (IMO
>> spurious) grounds that publicising the list will make thefts /
>> vandalism more likely, and out of date information may lead to people
>> wasting time in an emergency.
>>
>> Anyway, I've taken the East of England list from
>> http://www.eastamb.nhs.uk/Get%20involved/CPADs/CPAD%20List.pdf , and
>> done a comparison with the OSM data. A rough and ready tool can be
>> found at http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/defib/progress/ for any other
>> locals who want to use it. We've got a small number of locations they
>> haven't, and some of their postcodes may not be quite right. But there
>> are a lot on their list that aren't mapped yet!
>>
>> Regarding tagging, it seems that a lot of the cabinets have a
>> reference number on the outside, so I'd suggest recording that in the
>> ref=* tag. Also, I think a description of the location would be useful
>> (e.g. "Outside wall of McDonalds, facing Store 21") to help people
>> find the defibrillator when they need it. I've been putting something
>> like that in a location=* key.
>>
>> In terms of getting more data, I've put in FOI requests to the East
>> and West Midlands Ambulance Services for starters, so we'll see what
>> line they take...
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Robert.
>>
>> --
>> Robert Whittaker
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