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Orange County launches app in hopes of saving lives

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Orange County firefighters announced details on an app Tuesday morning that they hope will help save lives.

Orange County Fire Rescue partnered with the University of Central Florida for the PulsePoint app.

The app allows people to help save a life by putting CPR skills to use.

More than 7,000 people went into cardiac arrest in Orange County last year.

Otto Drozd, the Orange County fire chief, said the fire department trained 18,000 people in on CPR during that same time. PulsePoint will now connect those two groups of people.

Drozd said the app finds true heroes just around the corner and brings them to people in need.

“Last year alone, we trained 18,000 people in CPR. Now think of those 18,000 people being in every business,” Drozd said.

Orange County Fire Rescue said its average response time during the last fiscal year for cardiac arrest calls was 5:54.

The fire department and Orange County hope everyone will download the app to help save a life.

The Orlando Fire Department also uses the app.

To find out more about PulsePoint, click here.