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Outside of Cell Phone Range, Man Uses His SPOT Messenger to Summon Emergency Assistance for his Elderly Father on a Remote Highway |
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June 30, 2009 – The SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger™ successfully notified emergency rescue authorities of an elderly man with chest pains on the remote Alaska Highway of British Columbia. With no phone service, Gary Sleeper used his SPOT Messenger to alert the Emergency Response Center that he was in an emergency situation and needed assistance.
In May, Mr. Sleeper was driving with his parents from Texas to Anchorage, Alaska, up the Alaska Highway. Knowing he would be out of cell phone coverage for long periods of time, he brought his along his SPOT Messenger.
About 100 miles outside Fort Nelson, Canada, his father told him that he was having chest pains and needed medical assistance. The individual used his SPOT Messenger to send out a 911 message. With an urgent need to get his father medical assistance at the nearest hospital, he started driving back to Fort Nelson.
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SPOT Rescue Alert: SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger Initiates Rescue for Off-Road Desert Motorcycle Accident |
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Despite cellular service and navigational devices, SPOT was needed to initiate life flight for critically injured rider
March 3, 2009 – SPOT LLC today announced that the SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger™ successfully notified emergency rescue authorities of a severely injured off-road motorcyclist in California’s Mojave Desert. The man’s condition became critical and despite cell phone service, friends at his side could not communicate their remote location to local authorities.
In January, David Cheney and friends had set off to enjoy a 100 mile motorcycle ride through the desert outside of Barstow, California. Thirty miles into the ride a fellow rider, and experienced desert racer, took a bad fall hitting his head. Some of the party rode on while others stayed behind to help.
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Snowmobilers Aiding Avalanche Victims Use SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger to Send Distress Alert for Help |
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GPS Device Sends Location Data and Alert Message to Emergency Responders January 7, 2008 – SPOT Rescue Alert (SRA) When Natalie Bertsch bought her husband a GPS-enabled SPOT™ Satellite Messenger for Christmas, little did she know that only a week later he would use SPOT while coming to the aid of four friends swept away in an avalanche near Laramie, Wyoming. On Jan. 2, 2008, Brian Bertsch contacted an emergency 9-1-1 call center by pressing a single button on his handheld SPOT. |
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SPOT Rescue Alert: Injured Hiker Rescued from Canadian Rockies After Sending GPS Coordinates and Distress Message from his SPOT Satellite Messenger |
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Rescuers Locate Injured Man Using GPS Coordinates and Airlift Him to Nearby Hospital September 23, 2008 – SPOT Rescue Alert (SRA): On August 22, 2008 experienced hiker and Canadian oil analyst Michael Ervin, set off to enjoy a backcountry wilderness trip to the base of Mount Assiniboine, one of the highest and most distinctive peaks in the Canadian Rockies outside of Banff. A bad fall under the weight of his forty-five pound backpack left Mr. Ervin with a ruptured quadriceps tendon to his knee, unable to put any weight on his leg and 10 kilometers from the nearest road with no cell phone coverage. “I heard a loud snap from my leg and could see my knee cap hanging loose, lower than usual,” said Michael Ervin, President of fuel-analysis firm MJ Ervin & Associates of Calgary. “I was experiencing shock and knew I was unable to walk. I needed real help and pressed the 9-1-1 button on my SPOT Satellite Messenger to notify emergency responders of my GPS location coordinates.” The SPOT Satellite Messenger™ is a personal safety device which enables users to communicate via satellite technology from remote locations around the globe and initiate check-in and emergency response calls independently of cellular networks. |
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Ocean Kayaker Rescued Off Tasmanian Coast |
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Capsized and Stranded Ocean Kayaker Rescued After Sending Distress Message and GPS Location Using SPOT Satellite Messenger
March 4, 2008 - SPOT Rescue Alert (SRA) Sea kayaker Derek Crook was rescued off of the west coast of Tasmania near the Pieman River after pressing the 9-1-1 button on his SPOT Satellite Messenger™. Crook, an experienced Canadian paddler, was attempting to circumnavigate Tasmania in a 36 day expedition when he was hit by rough seas near Conical Rocks and flung from his boat on a reef just off shore.
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Injured Man Found and Rescued |
Photographer fell 30' in remote Newton County was rescued using SPOT. October 19, 2009
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Mountain Rescue Prince George B.C |
Man crushed by boulder rescued by officials.
Oct 19, 2009
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Boater Rescued by Coast Guard |
Man in personal water-craft used SPOT to summon USCG to his location 10 miles out at sea.
October 6, 2009
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Wilderness Rescue Alpine Provincial Park |
Injured man located by RCMP with SPOT
Sept 23, 2009
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Motorcycle Accident Death Valley, CA |
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Airplane crashes in New Brunswick |
Two survivors were located and transported to a nearby hospital by helicopter. July 28, 2009
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Hypothermic kayakers located and rescued
July 10, 2009
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GPS Device Helps Save Edmonton Climber |
Climber airlifted by STARS air ambulance to a Calgary hospital
April 13, 2009
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