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Project Lifesaver is Coming to Kent County

How it Works: How do we find loved ones?

By forming partnerships with local law enforcement and public safety organizations, Project Lifesaver deploys specially trained teams with the most reliable technology available to quickly locate and return wandering adults and children to their families and caregivers.

Proven Radio Technology & Rescue Team:

Project Lifesaver relies on proven radio technology and a specially trained search and rescue team. Clients that are enrolled in the Project Lifesaver program wear a personalized wristband 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 starts searching with the mobile locater tracking system. Search times have been reduced from hours and days to minutes. In over 1500 searches, there have been no reported serious injuries or deaths. Recovery times average less than 30 minutes.

Highly Trained Teams:

Project Lifesaver teams are specially trained, not only in search and rescue and the use of the electronic tracking equipment, but also in the methods necessary to communicate with a person who has Autism Spectrum (or related) Disorder. Locating the individual is only part of the mission. The person who is located will be disoriented, anxious, and untrusting. The Project Lifesaver team knows how to approach the person, gain their trust and put them at ease for the trip home.

Project Lifesaver is about people and partnerships. Focus is on communities where law enforcement, civic groups, local business and caregivers join in developing and strengthening all aspects of the program including rescues, education and especially fundraising so that families in financial need can have protection and peace of mind.

Project Lifesaver saves lives and further serves the community by significantly reducing the need for extensive search and rescue operations that are extremely costly in terms of human and financial resources. Searches for wandering individuals that have taken days and scores of searchers can be successfully concluded in less than an hour if Project Lifesaver is available in the community. This partnership and the program’s effectiveness and reliability has earned Project Lifesaver the endorsement of the National Sheriff’s Association.

For more information about Project Lifesaver’s partnership with the Autism Society of Kent County and the Kent County Sheriff’s Department, contact Chairperson Anne Reynolds at (616) 866-4348.