Crich Tramway Village has been donated a defibrillator by Forkers.

The Village, near Matlock, Derbyshire, is home to the National Tramway Museum.

Forkers have been installing Severn Trent pipeline work around the area for the past few weeks

Severn Trent’s contractor, Forkers had Managing Director Ian Haywood, Framework Manager, Justin Boustouller and Scott Ellis, Forkers Site Manager present the defibrillator with Amanda Gillespie, Project Manager from Severn Trent.

It was given to the general manager of the Village Dr Mike Galer, and Robert Blincow, Engineering and Facilities Manager.

The life-saving device costs around £2,000, Forkers were happy to provide the device to the village which receives over 100,000 visitors yearly.

“We are very grateful to Severn Trent and Forkers for this defibrillator in case of any emergencies, which we have sited at our Admissions point where our visitors enter and leave the site. We hope that it will not be used, but we have trained first aiders on hand should it be necessary.”

Dr Mile Galer

“Defibrillators deliver an electric shock to re-organise the rhythm of the heart. Defibrillation within 3 to 5 minutes of cardiac arrest can produce survival rates as heigh as 50 to 70%. Each minute of delay to defibrillation reduces the probability of survival to hospital discharge by 10%.”

Robert Blincow