Expanding Save-A-Live Initiative to Landed Property Estates with Installation of AEDs

12 Mr Yip Hon Weng asked the Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs (a) whether the Ministry will consider expanding the Save-A-Life (SAL) initiative to include landed property estates by installing at least one Automated External Defibrillator (AED) per estate; and (b) if so, how such an initiative can be supported by community partners to strengthen emergency preparedness and response.

Mr K Shanmugam: The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) is working with community partners and residents' networks to install AEDs in landed estates. Today, AEDs have been installed in 13 landed estates, and we intend to extend this to more estates over time.

Community organisations that wish to install AEDs in their estates can approach SCDF, and SCDF will work with the relevant agencies to facilitate as far as possible.