Missing Person Located with Help of Project Lifesaver

A North Bay woman living with dementia who was reported missing from her assisted living facility was quickly located safely thanks to the use of Project Lifesaver. On July 8, 2024, the North Bay Police Service and BAYSAR Air Search and Rescue were contacted about a resident who had gone missing from an assisted living […]

Project Lifesaver lives up to its name one more time

A missing person located in very short order with help of Project Lifesaver Published Jul 10, 2024  •  Last updated 3 days ago  •  1 minute read A North Bay woman living with dementia who was reported missing from her assisted living facility was quickly located safely thanks to the use of Project Lifesaver. On July 8, 2024, the North […]

Project Lifesaver locates North Bay man in wooded area

Project Lifesaver is a non-profit program that combines radio tracking technology with a coordinated police response Author of the article:Jennifer Hamilton-McCharles Published Jun 25, 2024    •  1 minute read A North Bay man living with dementia became lost on Sunday evening and was quickly located safely using Project Lifesaver. A local man living with dementia left his […]

Recent rescue in North Bay shows value of Project Lifesaver

After a recent incident, North Bay police and North Bay Air Search and Rescue (BAYSAR) are emphasizing the importance of Project Lifesaver. A weekend search-and-rescue located a missing man with dementia in a wooded area. He went missing after getting upset and leaving home around 8 p.m. June 23. Thankfully, he was registered in the […]

Missing man Located Through PROJECT LIFESAVER

Search skills learned from BAYSAR lead to dramatic Toronto rescue by York Regional Police The training York Regional Police Constable Pete Gerulath received last spring from BAYSAR President Stan French paid off on Wednesday, April 10, when a missing Markham man wearing a Project Lifesaver transmitter was located in northeast Toronto with the help of […]

Posting by Michael Kerzner

Michael Kerzner who is the MPP for York Centre and Solicitor General for Ontario posted about Project Lifesaver on their Facebook page thanking Vic Fedeli and the collaboration between BAYSAR and the York Regional Police. Michael Kerzner  Project Lifesaver will train police to find vulnerable people via air search and rescue teams, saving valuable time […]

BAYSAR airborne electronic search skills shared with York Regional Police

Every minute counts when trying to find a missing, vulnerable person. The average time to find a Project Lifesaver client is 30 minutes, but when ground searchers can’t pick up a signal right away, being able to search from an aircraft makes the system work even better. Stan French, President of BAYSAR Air Search and […]

Training OPP SAR Mangers Airborne Project Lifesaver

Dan and Stan attended an entire day of training at the NE Region OPP HQ yesterday. It was annual training for SAR Managers from all the NE Region detachments. They were invited, as part of OSARVA, to participate. Stan was also asked to make a presentation about BAYSAR history and capability. Stan offered, and they […]

Video from NBPS & BAYSAR SAREX 19 Oct

“This video was taken in the field by a NBPS member on Oct 19, 2022, during a Project Lifesaver search and rescue exercise (SAREX). It shows the final stage of locating our volunteer who was acting as a missing person equipped with a Project Lifesaver transmitter. The missing person had wandered off from a hiking […]