A program created for the caregivers of people prone to wander is living up to its name.

Project Lifesaver provides unique bracelets with radio frequency transmitters to facilitate fast rescues when clients go missing.

Shelley Ballad-McKinley of Saskatoon Search and Rescue says they have been used in 15 cases this year with the vast majority of missing people being found in about a half-hour.

She says one case took about two hours when the man they were looking for ended up on the opposite side of the city.

Ballard-McKinley hopes more caregivers sign up for the free service pointing out it can take hours, days or longer to find someone who doesn’t have a Project Lifesaver bracelet.

She says their biggest fear is trying to find someone during the winter in extremely cold temperatures.

There are currently over 40 clients who have a variety of ailments like dementia, alzheimer’s disease, brain injuries, autism or downs syndrome.

Project Lifesaver information including how to register is available on the program’s website.

Saskatoon Search and Rescue has been called out 26 times this year.