There are many people who are lost in the wilderness every year from outdoor recreational activities. Some get found after hours of searching, and some unfortunate ones do not get found at all. These numerous search and rescue operations cost thousands of dollars each. The number of victims are increasing every year, and so are the costs. This is a major problem for search and rescue groups. Instead of using money to replace old and obsolete equipment, it is spent on man-hours searching for victims.

There are many solutions to this problem. The Gamma Group has decided to tackle this problem by concentrating on one type of injury that can be very detrimental to the participant: head injuries. Often, head injuries lead to unconsciousness. The unconscious state of the participant lead him or her to a very dangerous situation since he or she does not have any control over him/herself or his/her environment. This would justify the need to contact the proper authorities to initiate a rescue mission.

The Gamma group has devised a system where the helmet worn by the victim can sense that the user is in danger, and send an emergency signal to authorities will vital information such as his or her location. With this information, the proper authorities can rescue the victim without the costly and time-consuming process of search and rescue. The shorter rescue times that is made possible by our helmet will also allow paramedics to treat the wounded sooner and further enhance the victim's chance of survival. We believe that our force sensitive helmet system will reduce the costs of search and rescue operations and reduce fatalities in outdoor recreational activities due to head injuries.

After considerable time developing our problem and solution, we, the Gamma group has come to a conclusion that the product we have developed is a decent solution to the problem we have set out to solve. Our decision to enhance an already certified helmet rather than to design a new one has kept calculated costs low. Also, with a quality helmet in hand and the minimal modifications we have added to it, the structural integrity and impact absorbance of the helmet has not been greatly sacrificed. The level of degradation of these factors will have to be determined with further testing of the modified helmet for Snell B-95 standards. We believe with further time, testing, and resources, our product can be marketable and will be endorsed by authorities due to the reduced spending of search and rescue operations. This, in turn will greatly lower amount of fatalities due to head injuries from accidents in recreational activities done in the remote wilderness.

It is evident from the information taken from North Shore Search and Rescue in British Columbia that the numbers of calls being made to rescue individuals is increasing rapidly. This in turn costs tax payers thousands of dollars in search and rescue fees. Our helmet is the solution to such a problem.