Project Lifesaver

Funding

Project Lifesaver is not government sponsored and the program depends on the support of the community. Funding for the not-for-profit organization comes from concerned businesses in Windsor and Essex County. This includes company sponsorships, private donations, charitable foundations and community partners.

Corporate Sponsorship:
Platinum: Founding Member
Gold: $10 000
Silver: $5000
Bronze: $2000
Client: $1200

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Overview

Project Lifesaver is a Radio Direction Finding (RDF) system. RDF is a technique used to determine the location of a transmitter based upon the strength of the radio frequency signal produced by the transmitter.

Clients who are a part of the Project Lifesaver program wear a radio wrist transmitter emitting an automatic tracking signal. Should their loved one go missing, caregivers are instructed to immediately contact 911.

OPP Emergency Response Team officers, already trained in traditional search and rescue techniques, incorporate their training and the Project Lifesaver radio frequency tracking equipment to quickly locate the missing person.

A traditional search consumes approximately 924 man-hours at approximately $1,500 per hour.

Project Lifesaver requires 2 searchers and recovery has been under 30 minutes from the time they were last seen.

In June, 2006 the Discovery Channel filmed a segment featuring Ontario Provincial Police officers from Essex County training fellow O.P.P. officers from Caledon in Project Lifesaver search techniques. Please click the link below to view the video segment:

http://broadband.discoverychannel.ca/discovery/?vid=240