Defibrillators

A second was training for staff members to make sure they knew the procedures in place for emergencies.Tim McLendon, a teacher at MCTC, said he cannot imagine a tragedy such as the VT tragedy could be prevented.

He said he previously worked at another community college which had security guards on staff, but the guards mostly checked to make sure those parking in faculty parking had the proper sticker displayed on their vehicle.McLendon, like Julian, said it would be difficult to implement security measures without making the environment more restrictive, and less welcoming.

Options that could be implemented would include limited entrances, and metal detectors, neither of which are likely to happen at MCTC.McLendon said he does like the idea of an intercom, mostly for personal emergencies, such as if a student was needed.Student and worker Eric Havens, said he attended a high school which he labelled as a "prison," because of the extreme security measures in place.

Students were not permitted to wear backpacks.

Havens said if that ever happened at the college level, he would be disappointed.

He said as a 22-year-old man, he has earned the right to have a bit of freedom, though he recognizes the limitations could ...

"We could not have afforded one on our own, and the village could not have afforded to maintain it.

We've tried in the past, but we just couldn't have done it on our own." The units cost more than $3500 each to buy.

The Tokomaru defibrillator is the 11th to be delivered, and it goes to the smallest community so far in the board's $200,000 project to improve access to the lifesaving equipment.

Other units have been installed where large numbers of people congregate, such as The Plaza, Downtown, The Warehouse in the city and Dannevirke, and aquatic centres in Levin and Feilding.

Tokomaru village is home to just 600 people, but the fire service tends a larger area and is about 20 minutes ahead of ambulances from Palmerston North or Levin in attending medical call-outs.

Mr Gifkins says sometimes people are surprised when a fire truck turns up instead of an ambulance, but it meant trained help arrived quicker.

"We haven't actually had a house fire in the village for 30 years.

Most of our calls are car accidents or medical emergencies." Board project officer Lee Welch says having a defibrillator on the spot has potential to help up to 320 people a...

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