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Project Lifesaver gives ‘peace of mind’
Michael Rusch enjoyed recess so much that he sometimes tried to extend it by hiding in the woods behind his school.
After Michael, now 11, got lost, his family decided to join a program the Wood County Sheriff's Department started in 2006 to help residents keep track of their potentially vulnerable loved ones.
Michael, who has autism, became one of the first participants in Wood County's Project Lifesaver. It provides signal-emitting bracelets that children and adults at risk of wandering can wear, so loved ones or caregivers can find them should they become lost.
Hamilton County agencies join Project Lifesaver
Project Lifesaver, a program designed to help authorities find people who wander because of illness or disability, is accepting participants in Hamilton County.
People who could wander because of medical conditions such as Alzheimer's or autism can enroll in the program. Participants receive a tracking bracelet so authorities can locate them quickly if they run away.
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County Hopes Program A Lifesaver
County Hopes Program A Lifesaver
By Hicham Raache
Times Record • hraache@swtimes.com
Monday, March 8, 2010 9:35 AM CST
Sebastian County authorities have been working to implement a system that will enable authorities to locate quickly people with mental disorders who wander off.
The Sebastian County Sheriff’s Office is obtaining tracking equipment, services and training from Project Lifesaver International, a program that helps law enforcement agencies swiftly locate missing adults and children with disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, dementia or autism.
“I started looking at it about a year ago, especially during the time Mr. (Billy) Wheeler came up missing and we had so much difficulty trying to locate him,” Chief Deputy Tommy Young of the Sheriff’s Office said.
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Help Northumberland County Start Project Lifesaver
A potentially life-saving project in Northumberland County needs help to get it up and running.
Project Lifesaver uses a tracking device to help find people with special needs who wander away from home. While it's available in some parts of our area, Project Lifesaver is not offered in Northumberland County and one area mother wants to change that.
Kelsey Person lives near Turbotville with her two-year-old son, Aiden. Recently he was diagnosed with autism and Person said he has special needs.
"Autistics wander and they don't communicate so you can call and call and he will not respond," Person explained.
She said Project Lifesaver is designed to help find children and adults with special needs who wander away from home. Bracelets worn by the person with special needs put out a radio signal. If the person wearing it is missing, searchers can find the signal.
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The Importance of Project Lifesaver, Especially During the Winter Months
Feb 24, 2010 – Chesapeake, VA – In January and February alone, Project Lifesaver International, a non-profit organization specializing in training public safety agencies on search and rescue programs, equipment, and procedures to help individuals with cognitive conditions that wander, has conducted approximately 30 search and rescue missions for missing individuals participating in their program throughout the United States. This year’s winter season has also proven to be one of extreme winter conditions, as snow has blanketed many states throughout the month of February.
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, nearly 60% of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease will wander at some point during the progression of the disease, and many will wander repeatedly. Additionally, according to a survey conducted by the National Autism Association, nearly 92% of parents felt that their autistic child was at risk of wandering. To help combat this problem of wandering, Project Lifesaver International helps train public safety agencies throughout the world to conduct search and rescue efforts by using state-of-the-art technology to find those who wander due to cognitive conditions.
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Palm Springs Police Offers Free “Project Lifesaver” Device
The Palm Springs Police Department has received a grant to help provide Project Lifesaver wristbands free of charge to limited income families.
Project Lifesaver, which began 11 years ago, is a non-profit organization established to help locate people who are prone to wander due to Alzheimer's disease, autism and other cognitive disorders.
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Ulster police’s tracking device helps recover those who wander
KINGSTON — Deputy Andrea Fister spun in a circle until the radio equipment in her hand began to beep like a metal detector.
"That's how we know we're facing the right direction," she said. "So now we'll walk this way."
She walked slowly until the beeps grew louder. Fister readjusted the tracking equipment and changed course slightly to the left, where she found a small transmitter hidden in a bush outside the Ulster County Jail.
"That's how it's done!" she said, holding the transmitter up for everyone to see.
Wednesday's high-tech version of hide-and-seek was only a demonstration, but Sheriff Paul Van Blarcum believes the technology could save people who are prone to wandering. Van Blarcum and others from his department announced Wednesday their enrollment in Project Lifesaver, a national program that helps police voluntarily track wanderers by outfitting them with a small transmitter.
Missing Person Found In Minutes
On Feb. 3 at 11:32 a.m., the New Martinsville Police Department Dispatch Center received a complaint of a missing person. The person was a client of Wetzel County Project Lifesaver that is coordinated by Sgt. Dave Byers of the NMPD.
The complainant advised that her 84-year-old husband had gone to the pharmacy and bank at 9:30 a.m. and had not returned. Since the missing person was driving a vehicle, the department immediately took information to enter the missing person into NCIC. After obtaining the information that was needed to start the search Sgt. Byers left NMPD with a receiver. "We had notified Ptl. F. Estep of NMPD and Tyler County Project Lifesaver," said Byers. "Tom Cooper of Tyler County was responding with John Bennett, Helen Bennett, and Lisa Jackson."
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Project could be a lifesaver
There’s nothing scarier than when a child goes missing, and the dread is compounded when that child has special needs.
A potential grant that has been applied for by the Greene County Sheriff’s Office could go a long way toward easing parents’ fears.
Sheriff Greg Seeley updated the Greene County Legislature about a grant he is hoping for that would pay for the county to participate in a program dubbed Project Lifesaver, which provides electronic bracelets that can track a child, or adult, who has gone missing.
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