SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. - Sandy Springs is putting lifesaving tools in the hands of its residents, launching a program aimed at getting help to cardiac arrest victims in just four minutes.

New Sandy Springs heart program

What we know:

The city is the first in Georgia to adopt the 4 Minute Community program, which equips citizen volunteers with CPR training and an Avive Connect automated external defibrillator, or AED. When a 911 call comes in for a suspected cardiac arrest, the system alerts AEDs within a four-minute radius of the emergency.

The initiative kicked off last week and already has 60 volunteers, with a goal of training 200 by the end of the year.

AEDs in Sandy Springs

What they're saying:

Sandy Springs EMS Chief Patrick Flaherty said the city’s emergency response times are

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