Defibrillator training and maintenance center in Gap

Every weekend, a cinema or theatre in Gap welcomes a large audience of all ages: a cardiac arrest can happen there at any time. For these venues, as for the other public-access buildings in this town of 41,293 residents, France Défibrillateur provides sales, rental, installation, maintenance and training from its centre at 20 Bd d'Orient, Porte G (05000).

Available services:

• Defibrillator sales and rental
• Installation and commissioning
• Preventive and corrective maintenance
• Usage training (Workplace First Aid)

AED regulations in Gap

A performance venue classified in French ERP categories 1 to 4 has been required to be equipped with a DAE (AED) since 2020-2021, an obligation extended to certain category 5 ERPs depending on their activity. Gap has 120 defibrillators registered on the French national GéoDAE database, a substantial fleet at the scale of the CA Gap-Tallard-Durance. As GéoDAE registration is mandatory, we complete it for every new device installed in the 05000 area.

Installing an AED in Gap

In a public-access building in Gap, the DAE should be placed along visitors' natural route: the foyer, the box office, the main entrance. Our technicians mount the device, fit the standardised signage and register the equipment on GéoDAE. From Gap, they also serve Veynes (24 km), Sisteron (40 km), La Mure (45 km) and Les Deux Alpes (49 km).

Maintenance and training in Gap

A fleet of 120 registered DAEs means dozens of site managers responsible for keeping them in working order. For a cinema as for a town hall, we schedule preventive maintenance: device testing, checks on electrode and battery expiry dates, and full traceability of each visit. We also train front-of-house teams, as every minute without defibrillation costs around 10% of the chances of survival.