City expands defibrillator availability to all departments

Every City of Sidney department now has its own defibrillator.

The city had three before, for Sidney’s police and fire departments and Sidney Aquatic Center, and has added 17 more, Ed Sadler, City Manager said.

Sidney Public Library, Landfill, Electric Department, and City Hall now have the devices, as well.

“I’ve never been in a place where we had them but we didn’t use them,” Sadler said. “One time it was an employee. One time it was a member of the public. But we deal with some dangerous jobs, we do a lot of dealing with the public, and I would hate to ever need one and not h...