ARLA/CLUSTER: EUA: Radioamadores determinam a localização de doente mental com pulseira radio

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Oregon hams locate missing dementia patient

Members of the Lane County Sheriffs Amateur Radio Operators, an ARRL
Affiliated Club, are being credited with the rescue of an elderly
Eugene, Oregon man.

On Sunday, the 78 year old dementia patient's wife reported that he
had wandered away from his home east of the University of Oregon
Campus.  The Lane County Sheriff's Department has a team of ham
operators who are specially trained in Radio Direction Finding (RDF)
search procedures.

Dubbed Project LifeSaver, at risk individuals wear special RF
bracelets.  Should a person go missing, the LCSARO team members use
their special tracking skills to safely locate the missing person.
The missing man was one of six people in the Lane County program.

The missing man was located on the corner of Eight Avenue and
Willamette Street, in downtown Eugene.  He was not injured.

The mission of Project Lifesaver is to provide timely response to save
lives and reduce potential injury for adults and children who wander
due to Alzheimer’s, autism, and other related conditions or disorders.

The team of ham radio operators reduces the need for large scale
search parties, which typically involve many agencies, hundreds of
police officers, and thousands of dollars in costs.

The LCSARO also provides communications in disasters and other
emergency situations for the Sheriff's Department.

John Bigley-N7UR
Nevada Amateur Radio Newswire

Original story at: http://www.nevadahamradio.com/