Lehigh County TRIAD has announced that "Project Lifesaver" has come to Lehigh County.

Project Lifesaver is an innovative, rapid response program aiding families whose loved ones have Alzheimer´s disease, Down syndrome or autism.

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

Participants who are part of the project wear a personalized wristband that emits a tracking signal.

In the event the individual should wander away from home and become lost, the caregiver can notify the local Project Lifesaver agency and a search-and-rescue team will be dispatched.

Project Lifesaver was established in 1999 as an initiative of the 43rd Virginia Search Company of the Chesapeake, Va., sheriff´s office.

The project has recorded more 1,000 searches with a 100 percent success rate.

The average time of rescue is less than 30 minutes.

Project Lifesaver is at work saving lives in more than 33 states, including Maryland, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

This program is available in Lehigh County through the sheriff´s office.

For more information contact Lt. Karen Kovacs at 610-782-3175 or TRIAD at 610-967-5454.