Project Lifesaver
What Is Project Lifesaver?
Project Lifesaver is an active locating system that relies on state of the art technology and a specially trained search and rescue team. People who are enrolled in the Project Lifesaver Program wear a personalized bracelet that emits a tracking signal. When caregivers notify the local Project Lifesaver agency that the person is missing, a search and rescue team responds to the wanderer’s area and start searching with the mobile locators tracking system. Search times have been reduced from hours and days to minutes. In over 200 searches, there have been no reported serious injuries or deaths. Recovery times have averaged less than 30 minutes.
Project Lifesaver is about people and partnerships. The focus is on individual communities where law enforcement, civic groups, local business, and the caregivers join in developing and strengthening all aspects of the program; including rescues, fund-raising and education.
Why
Do We Need Project Lifesaver?
Victims of Alzheimer’s and other Related Mental Dysfunction Disorders (ARMD) tend to wander from their homes. Project Lifesaver places personalized radio transmitters on the persons identified with ARMD. These transmitters assist caregivers and local emergency personnel in locating those persons who cannot help themselves.
Members of the Project Lifesaver team are specially trained, not only in the use of the electronic tracking equipment, but also especially in the methods to communicate with the person who has Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder. Locating the individual is only part of the mission. The person who is located may be disoriented, anxious, and untrusting.
The Project Lifesaver team knows how to approach the person, gain trust and put the individual at ease for the trip home.
How Does
Project Lifesaver Work?
The Project Lifesaver bracelet is much more than a passive ID bracelet. It is a one ounce battery operated radio wrist transmitter emitting an automatic tracking signal every second, 24 hours a day. The signal can be tracked on the ground or in the air over several miles. As each bracelet has a unique radio frequency, the Project Lifesaver search team positively locates and identifies the person who has wandered away from home or a care facility.
The Project Lifesaver team is comprised of deputies from the Clark County Sheriff's Office and volunteers from both the Alzheimer’s Association and the Springfield
What Is
The History Of Project Lifesaver?
Project Lifesaver was established in April of 1999 as an initiative of the 43rd Search and Rescue Company of the Chesapeake Sheriff’s Office in Virginia. The Springfield Pilot Club and the Clark County Sheriff's Office adopted the program in April 2003. Project Lifesaver’s mission is to use state of the art technology to assist those who care for victims of Alzheimer’s and other Related Mental Dysfunction Disorders (ARMD) and the victims who become lost. These victims include not only the elderly but also the young in our community who are afflicted with Down’s Syndrome and Autism. There are no boundaries – no one is immune!
How Does
Project Lifesaver Operate?
Funding for Project Lifesaver is a result of private and corporate donations and grants. Since Project Lifesaver is comprised of volunteers, donations are used directly for programs, rescues and educational expenses.
Education and community awareness programs have been a cornerstone to Project Lifesaver’s success. Project Lifesaver volunteers are active in presenting information to civic groups, law enforcement agencies and various healthcare providers throughout the community and State of Ohio.
All contributions
are tax deductible and should be made to
The Springfield Foundation,
Pilot Club – PLS Fund.
Checks can be mailed to:
The Springfield
Foundation,
4 West Main St., Suite 825
Springfield, Ohio 45502
For information on the Project Lifesaver Program contact
(937) 521-2101
(937)521-2103
(937)521-2105
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