ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) -- A new health initiative for Monroe County was announced on Sunday at Innovative Field.

During the Red Wings home game, celebrating "First Responders Day," officials from the City of Rochester and Monroe County, including Mayor Malik Evans and Monroe County Executive Adam Bello, announced the beginning of the HEARTSafe Rochester Initiative. The new project aims to provide training to the community on how to properly render aid if they experience someone in sudden cardiac arrest.

The University of Rochester, the American Heart Association, AMR, and Rochester Broadway Theater League are involved in the project, with a collective goal of training 15 percent of residents, which equals 113,000 people, in CPR and AED use. When this number is satisfied, the American Heart Association will provide a HEARTSafe designation to the area.

"This is more than a City initiative. More than a County initiative. This is a mission for our entire community," said Mayor Evans. "We will work block by block, neighborhood by neighborhood, school by school, faith community by faith community to reach those 113,000 people. Everyone has the power to save a life. I believe Rochester can do big things. But we have got to do it together."

Expanded 911 dispatcher training and additional defibrillator placement throughout public spaces are also priorities of the initiative.

Monroe County residents can expect to see additional opportunities for hands-on training as the public awareness campaign begins.