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| Formation | 1999 |
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| Type | 501(c)(3) non-profit organization |
| Purpose | Provides 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". |
| Headquarters | Port St. Lucie, Florida, U.S. |
Region | Australia (coming soon), Canada, United States |
| Gene Saunders | |
| Website | projectlifesaver |
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]
- ^ 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) - ^ Mannion, Cory (June 22, 2017). "Brunswick Sheriff's program tracks those with wandering disorders". Port City Daily. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
- ^ "Missing elderly man found using Project Lifesaver". Las Cruces Sun-News. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
- ^ TL, RELEASE. "At-Risk missing persons could benefit from Project Lifesaver". Retrieved July 3, 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Folan, Evan (June 9, 2017). "Only on ABC-7: Man, 92, suffering from Alzheimer's rescued by Project Lifesaver". KVIA. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
- ^ "Missing Las Cruces-Area Man Found Quickly Thanks To "Project Lifesaver" Program". Retrieved July 3, 2017.
- ^ ""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.
- ^ Spoehr, Alexis. "Sheriff credits Project Lifesaver for boy's quick recovery". Suwannee Democrat. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
- ^ "8-year-old found within minutes thanks to Project Lifesaver". Tallahassee News | ABC 27 WTXL. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
- ^ "Albany County Project Lifesaver program gets $10K boost". Times Union. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
- ^ "Westmoreland News, Montross, VA, Northern Neck, Stratford, Colonial Beach, Kinsale". www.westmorelandnews.net. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
- ^ Lillian, Betsy (June 5, 2017). "DARTdrones Prepares Project Lifesaver Agencies for UAV Ops - Unmanned Aerial Online". Unmanned Aerial Online. Retrieved July 3, 2017.