{"id":775,"date":"2013-10-22T09:47:45","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T13:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/?p=775"},"modified":"2013-10-22T09:47:45","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T13:47:45","slug":"finding-wanders-quickly-middletown-fd-finds-hiding-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/?p=775","title":{"rendered":"Finding Wanders Quickly &#8212; Middletown FD finds hiding boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Middletown Fire Dept (MFD) demonstrated the SafetyNet tracker bracelet system on Sunday October 20th at Glen Park in Portsmouth.\u00a0 <a title=\"SafetyNet Demo at Glen Park JotA Event\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/113976382444263213992\/albums\/5937399989091594465\" target=\"_blank\">Pictures can be viewed online here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aided by MFD, a citizen volunteer (Rob White KB1ZZU)\u00a0 used MFD&#8217;s\u00a0 tracker equipment to find a well-hidden 10 year old Cub Scout in about five minutes. MFD fire fighters then let the 10 year old scout track down another 216 MHz radio tracker bracelet well-hidden up a distant tree.<\/p>\n<p>It was pretty clear to all that this tracker technology could save hundreds of labor hours trying to find a wandering person before they fall into the water or die from exposure.<\/p>\n<p>An estimated 24,000 Rhode Islanders fit into the wandering category.\u00a0\u00a0 Newport&#8217;s city council recently passed a resolution asking city staff to look at this tracking option. The tracker equipment and training is provided at no cost to the city. The tracking bracelet has a nominal monthly charge.<\/p>\n<p>Portsmouth FD is also trained in the use of this equipment.<\/p>\n<p>This demo was arranged by the Newport County Radio Club who hosted local Boy Scouts this last weekend at a Jamboree on the Air training event at Glen Park.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Middletown Fire Dept (MFD) demonstrated the SafetyNet tracker bracelet system on Sunday October 20th at Glen Park in Portsmouth.\u00a0 Pictures can be viewed online here Aided by MFD, a citizen volunteer (Rob White KB1ZZU)\u00a0 used MFD&#8217;s\u00a0 tracker equipment to find &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/?p=775\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,15,4,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-education","category-news","category-operating"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=775"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":776,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775\/revisions\/776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}