{"id":1408,"date":"2016-01-24T16:55:04","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T16:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/?p=1408"},"modified":"2016-10-25T10:49:07","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T10:49:07","slug":"january-2016-guest-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/january-2016-guest-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2016 Guest Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our first member&#8217;s meeting guest speaker for the year was W. Mason Copeland. Mason is a Lieutenant assigned to the Suffolk Fire and Rescue Bureau. Lt. Mason also became one of our chapter&#8217;s newest members as he was sworn in at the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>During Lt. Copeland&#8217;s presentation he discussed the Joint Search and Rescue Team training exercise, conducted last October, that utilized our chapter&#8217;s park property\u00a0for part of the scenario. He also discussed his role and responsibilities\u00a0with the Suffolk Fire Department,\u00a0 as a member of our areas Joint Search and Rescue Team (JSRT) and as the Project Life Saver Coordinator.<\/p>\n<p>As a member of the JSRT he has been involved with several joint training sessions. One of the tools the JSRT utilizes is a &#8221; Project Life Saver&#8221; bracelet and tracking device. The Project Life Saver Program is a national program that was originally designed to aid in locating Alzheimer patients who become disoriented and lost. Alzheimer patient&#8217;s behavior is not predictable and therefore it is difficult to locate them if they become lost. The Project Life Saver Program utilizes a bracelet worn by the patient and an associated tracking device that homes in on a signal produced by the bracelet. Using the bracelet and tracking device greatly improves the ability to locate patients and much more quickly. With an effective range of 1 to 1.5 miles, the system can be utilized by searchers on the ground, personnel in moving vehicles and in helicopters.<a href=\"http:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/janguestspkchop-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1409\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1409 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/janguestspkchop-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"janguestspkchop-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/janguestspkchop-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/janguestspkchop-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/janguestspkchop-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/janguestspkchop-1-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/janguestspkchop-1-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Based on the effectiveness of the system it has been applied to children and patients with\u00a0 conditions\u00a0in addition to\u00a0Alzheimer&#8217;s\u00a0that may result in them wandering off or becoming lost.\u00a0 Lt. Copeland demonstrated the tracking device and it&#8217;s effectiveness as seen in the adjacent photograph. If you are interested in more information about the Project Life Saver Program you can contact Lt. Copeland at (757)-514-4545.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our first member&#8217;s meeting guest speaker for the year was W. Mason Copeland. Mason is a Lieutenant assigned to the Suffolk Fire and Rescue Bureau. Lt. Mason also became one of our chapter&#8217;s newest members as he was sworn in at the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>During Lt. Copeland&#8217;s presentation he discussed the  \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/january-2016-guest-speaker\/\"> Read more <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1409,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"protect_children":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-guest-speakers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}