LifeLocator(R) Life Detection Systems Save Earthquake Victims in China
At Least Five Individual Earthquake Victims in China Have Life Saved
by LifeLocator
SICHUAN, China (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) June 5, 2008 --
Five victims of
the May 12, 2008 earthquake in China were found by UltraVision’s
LifeLocator® Rescue System after over 72
hours of entrapment confirms Bill Lozon of UltraVision Security Systems,
Inc. and Yuefi Kong of Nanjing Nanwu Instruments, Inc. an authorized
UltraVision distributor in the People’s
Republic of China. A
limited number of these U.S.-developed units were available for
deployment by Chinese emergency personnel to Sichuan province and
Chongqing municipality and other areas. Five confirmed victims were
found as a direct result of the use of the LifeLocator, including a 21
year-old boy in the town of Hanwang, City of Mianzhu. The units served a
two-fold purpose, both rescuing live victims of the earthquake and
working in conjunction with other rescue technologies and methods to
ensure valuable time was not lost at sights where no life could be
detected. Signaling rescue personnel in real-time via a PDA, the
LifeLocator was able to accurately and rapidly provide such critical
information as location and distance to the victim. Victims in distress
who were breathing but unable to move or speak were found with the
LifeLocator System.
LifeLocator was invaluable to China earthquake rescue teams in these
later hours of rescue, ensuring rescue over recovery even as victims’
abilities to move or call out were diminished. Mark Foster of the Massachusetts
Task Force 1, a division of FEMA’s Urban
Search & Rescue Response, says of the LifeLocator, “The
ability to narrow down the search area is an immense help to the search
and rescue teams. Removing debris, especially concrete, is very time
consuming and any device that can narrow down the amount of debris
removal is invaluable.”
In earthquake rescue efforts, the UltraVision
LifeLocator system detected and located victim motion and breathing in
under 30 seconds, through the many components of debris piles like
steel-reinforced concrete, brick, other building materials and pavement.
In addition, when used by the Liangping fire rescue unit in tandem with
canine rescue teams, the LifeLocator was able to rapidly clear potential
false alarms, ensuring all efforts could be focused on rescue over
recovery.
LifeLocator
uses ultra wideband (UWB) technology to greatly improve the odds of
rescue over recovery in life-threatening situations. Ultra wideband
technology is the most advanced technology for locating victims by
sensing even minor movement or shallow breathing. The LifeLocator is
wireless, creating maximum ease of mobility over treacherous ground
About UltraVision
UltraVision is a company dedicated to developing ultra wideband (UWB)
technologies for use in life rescue and safety systems. The company’s
LifeLocator™ system is the international
standard for maximizing rescue opportunities in countries most often
devastated by building or other types of collapses due to explosions or
natural disasters. The company further provides UWB security systems for
property and life protection. The company’s
proven ability to effectively implement UWB technology in security and
life-safety products is 30+ years in the making. Future applications
include the continued development of rescue, security and life-safety
products.
Keyword Tags:
china, chongqing, earthquake, fema, life, rescue, search and rescue,
sichuan
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