Project Lifesaver

Project Lifesaver
Formation1999; 25 years ago (1999)
Type501(c)(3) non-profit organization
PurposeProvides care givers and first responders "with a program designed to protect, and when necessary, quickly locate individuals with cognitive disorders who are prone to the life threatening behavior of wandering".
HeadquartersPort St. Lucie, Florida, U.S.
Region
Australia (coming soon), Canada, United States
Gene Saunders
Websiteprojectlifesaver.org

Project Lifesaver International is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation founded in October 1998, by Chief Gene Saunders, in association with, the Chesapeake, Virginia Sheriff's Office.[1] The organization was formed to develop a program for locating missing persons with dementia, epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease, autism, Down syndrome and other disabilities.[2][3][4] The program involves attaching a radio transmitter device to the wrist or ankle of persons at-risk of wandering.[5] The battery operated radio transmitter is attached with a wristband and emits an inaudible pulse once per second, in the FCC allocated and licensed 216 MHz frequency range, that can be picked up by a receiver operated by public safety officers. Project Lifesaver utilizes radio frequency tracking technology, which is tested by member agencies before being approved for field use.[6][7]

As of March 2023, another milestone was reached with over 4,000 rescues[8] in an average time of less than 30 minutes, normally using only two to three public safety responders.[citation needed][9][10][11][12][13]

  1. ^ Dunphy, Julie. "'Project Lifesaver' offers free bracelets to keep track of elderly wanderers". Archived from the original on June 10, 2017. Retrieved July 3, 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Mannion, Cory (June 22, 2017). "Brunswick Sheriff's program tracks those with wandering disorders". Port City Daily. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  3. ^ "Missing elderly man found using Project Lifesaver". Las Cruces Sun-News. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  4. ^ TL, RELEASE. "At-Risk missing persons could benefit from Project Lifesaver". Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  5. ^ "Office for the Aging Announces New Program to Provide Project Lifesaver Units to Qualified Families". Oswego County Today - Oswego County Home Page. June 27, 2017. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  6. ^ Folan, Evan (June 9, 2017). "Only on ABC-7: Man, 92, suffering from Alzheimer's rescued by Project Lifesaver". KVIA. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  7. ^ "Missing Las Cruces-Area Man Found Quickly Thanks To "Project Lifesaver" Program". Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  8. ^ ""Deploying High: The man, the mission, and the story behind Project Lifesaver International" by Chief Gene Saunders and Nora Firestone to be released as a Kindle Book on Amazon on March 15th, 2023". News Channel Nebraska. Project Lifesaver International/ News Channel Nebraska. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  9. ^ Spoehr, Alexis. "Sheriff credits Project Lifesaver for boy's quick recovery". Suwannee Democrat. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  10. ^ "8-year-old found within minutes thanks to Project Lifesaver". Tallahassee News | ABC 27 WTXL. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  11. ^ "Albany County Project Lifesaver program gets $10K boost". Times Union. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  12. ^ "Westmoreland News, Montross, VA, Northern Neck, Stratford, Colonial Beach, Kinsale". www.westmorelandnews.net. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  13. ^ Lillian, Betsy (June 5, 2017). "DARTdrones Prepares Project Lifesaver Agencies for UAV Ops - Unmanned Aerial Online". Unmanned Aerial Online. Retrieved July 3, 2017.