Emergency 999

I spent some time on an emergency line we run for people who have lost a relative they are caring for.  Today I was called by a lady who's husband has Alzheimer's.  They were out for the day and he had disappeared. She was away from her computer and did not know where to look.  Normally this would have resulted in the police getting together a search party and scouring the area.  Luckily she had done everything right. She had charged the KoolTrax Ranger and set the tracking interval to 600 seconds because she was with him (so no need to drain the battery).  He had the unit on him and she called us as soon as she realised there was a problem. As it happens he was heading for the mountains (Scotland) and she was on the other side of town heading the other way.  I directed her to him in about 15 minutes and the hardest part was when she could see him in the field in the distance but could not catch him as he was moving too quickly.

It occurred to me that this man was about to be lost in the Scottish mountains in very cold weather, and was saved with little fuss or expense. The cost of the KoolTrax Ranger is about £299+VAT the cost of a search party would be many thousands of pounds.  Makes you think, the police should give these away!