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Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department
4100 Chain Bridge Rd, Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Phone: 703-246-3801, TTY 703-385-4419 and Fax:703-385-1687
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fire

07/21/2006

County Employee Receives Lifesaving Award

Who:

Stephen Wells, Fairfax County Department of Information Technology

What:

Lifesaving Award

When:

10 a.m., Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Where:

Fairfax County Government Center
Room 120C, near cafeteria
12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, Virginia 22035-0079


The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department will recognize Stephen Wells, a county employee, Tuesday, July 25, 2006, at 10 a.m., at the Fairfax County Government Center for lifesaving actions taken during an medical emergency event.

On Saturday, June 10, 2006, Allan Kelly, Lorton, Virginia, went into sudden cardiac arrest while attending the Celebrate Fairfax Exposition. When Mr. Wells saw Mr. Kelly collapse and lose consciousness, he immediately retrieved a nearby Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) and quickly activated it. The patient was defibrillated twice before the arrival of Fairfax County firefighters and paramedics.

Mr. Kelly was transported to Inova Fairfax Hospital and has recovered. For his quick thinking and lifesaving actions, Mr. Wells will be presented with a Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department Lifesaving Award.

Both individuals will be available for media interviews following the presentation.

For more information, call Daniel L. Schmidt or Lieutenant Raul G. Castillo, Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, 703-246-3801 and TTY 703-385-4419. Fairfax County is committed to nondiscrimination on the basis of disability in all county programs, services and activities. Reasonable accommodations will be provided upon request.





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