Jonathan Harrison, an Oklahoma resident, has been a paramedic for 25 years. He has been in many situations where responding to a 911 call was difficult as the GPS system would not pull up an address. A lot of GPS systems only give you a general location, not the exact house.
In 2009, Harrison's unit received a call regarding a two year old in cardiac arrest but when the paramedics got to the locaion, they couldn't find the house where the child was. When paramedics got to the driveway, there were four mobile homes on the property. Paramedics went to every door trying to find the young boy but unfortunately by the time they found the correct mobile, it was too late, the young child had died.
Harrison decided to come up with something that would help emergency responders better locate a 911 address. After a lot of thought, he came up with the idea of a light bulb. Thirteen years later, the Locator 911 was born.
When and if you need 911 services, you make the call through the app and it immediately changes from a regular light bulb to a strobing colorchanging beacon and draws attention to your home. It cuts minutes down for first responders and minutes can save a life.
There is also a manual option on the app that allows the user to turn the flashing lights off and on anytime. If you call 911 on your phone, you can still turn on the lights through the manual button on the app. The whole process takes less than ten seconds. The app is capable of connecting up to five bulbs in one household to turn on separately or together.
In order to help the elderly who might not use a smartphone, Harrison is working on a button necklace that can trigger the lights.
The light bulbs are ready for purchase and can be found at http://thelocator911.com.