Resusci Anne Donated to Wexford Volunteer Fire Co.

The has a new resident -- her name is Anne and she has a thing or two to teach the firefighters.

Her full name is Resusci Anne Complete Training Unit and she is not actually doing the teaching. She is a (mostly) silent partner in the teaching process. 

She was donated to the fire department by the Pennsylvania Automotive Association and the National Automobile Dealers Charitable Foundation. The donation was sponsored by .

"We're delighted to be able to sponsor this donation from PAA to our local fire company," said Gregg A. Semel, dealer principal at Billco Motors. "Resusci Anne is a valuable tool in the cardiopulmonary resuscitation training programs the fire company offers, and I have no doubt that this tool will be instrumental in saving lives."

The CPR training unit enables trainees to get a feel for giving emergency treatment by signaling when the right pressure has been applied in the right spot or if the trainee is breathing correctly into the victim's mouth, according to information provided by the automobile association.

The Pennsylvania Automotive Association has donated more than $500,000 worth of CPR training units to organizations across the state since 1990. 

PAA Regional Manager Matt Rhodes joined Semel recently to donate the training unit to representatives from the Wexford Volunteer Fire Co. that included President Dave Buttermore, firefighter Jim Collins, and Dolores Voll, who teaches CPR.