The nonprofit No More ODs and the Savannah Harm Reduction Coalition plan to donate 60 naloxone kits to the Savannah Fire Rescue Department valued at $240,000.00.  

A naloxone kit is used to save lives and fight the opioid and heroin overdose epidemic, which claimed 33,091 lives nationwide in 2015, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The kits contain the naloxone nasal prefilled syringe, which reverses the effects of opioid and heroin overdoses by blocking receptors in the brain that cause the opioids.    

The donation is to the Savannah Fire Rescue Department, as firefighters are often the first on scene of an overdose and have the ability to assist in saving lives if equipped with naloxone kits. The donation includes training firefighters in how to properly use the kits. 

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