Franklin County health agencies are offering community training sessions for people to learn how to administer the heroin antidote drug, Naloxone.

Entire communities in central Ohio are learning how to use the life-saving drug, Naloxone.

In Grove City Tuesday night, families met at a local church for a training session and to get a Naloxone kit to keep with them.

Franklin County health agencies behind the meeting say they believe this will make a difference in the heroin epidemic.

Explaining how to save a life with a nasal spray is why former firefighter and EMT Steve Roth came to Grove City. He's volunteering to help families learn how to administer Naloxone.

"This is not gonna get anybody off heroin, off opioids, but it keeps them alive until they make that choice," Roth said.

Inside of St. John's Lutheran Church in Grove City, Franklin County Health officials said a community training session is critical because an overdose can happen anywhere.

"In a parking lot, in a restaurant at a home. So we want to make sure that folks who feel like they need to have Naloxone on hand know how to use it properly," Franklin County Public Health Commissioner Joe

Each community member walked away with their own Naloxone kit, complete with two nasal spray devices and directions on how to use them.

Health officials say they want to get the kits into as many hands as possible.

Community member Jeff Kauderer wanted one.

"It's a huge, huge situation. My step son, his former girlfriend last week overdosed on heroin," Kauderer said.

Kauderer said it's easy enough to use, but he hopes he never has to.

"This is just one of those things you have it, and you have it available and you can at least put it to good use," Kauderer said.