LifeLocator™
When moments can make a difference between life and death, having the right technology is critical. When it comes to effectively and quickly locating victims trapped at a disaster site, LifeLocator™ is that technology.
LifeLocator, quite simply, saves lives by locating living victims - even victims who are completely immobile or cannot call out. LifeLocator detects fractions of motion, even extremely shallow breathing, so that even the most injured victim of a building collapse, avalanche, mine disaster, mudslide or any natural or man-made disaster that can trap living beings can now be located. Deployment takes seconds, not minutes or hours, and the unit is highly mobile, meaning more of a disaster area can be covered in much less time.
The effectiveness and speed of LifeLocator combine to result in more lives saved at any disaster site, every time.
The LifeLocator® system uses ultra wideband (UWB) technology to vastly improve the odds that rescue, not just recovery, will be the ultimate outcome of disaster situations like building collapses, avalanches, flash floods, earthquakes or other natural disasters.
Ultra wideband technology combined with well-thought-out hardware and software bring users of LifeLocator a huge list of product features and advantages including:
- The detection and location of motion as slight as shallow breathing, within 30 seconds
- Detection through wood, brick, concrete... virtually any material common to building collapses or natural disasters
- Large field of detection
- Wireless deployment
- Ease of mobility over a site
- Rugged PDA-based unit receptor
- Low-power requirements
- Little or no maintenance
- Easily-updateable “firmware” over hard-wired or wireless networks
- Unaffected by odors or other bio-sensitivities that affect canine detection
- Operation in noisy environments, unlike sonar detection
These features and advantages result in:
- Ease of use and deployment
- Faster detection of life
- Maximum effectiveness in adverse physical conditions
- No interruption of sound-generating rescue efforts, resulting in maximum effectiveness in minimal time
- Cost benefits from robust nature of system
- Intuitive operation requiring minimal training and, most importantly...
LifeLocator® is effective in detecting life signs like breathing and movement at building collapse locations, whether due to natural or man-made disasters, avalanches, mudslides, mine or tunnel collapses... virtually any location where living victims can be trapped.
LifeLocator is only as effective as the ability to deploy it quickly should a disaster occur. Every fire station, police station, rescue organization or private enterprise concerned with search and rescue should have access to a LifeLocator.
LifeLocator... sensing life in a heartbeat!