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An emergency locator system (10) for firefighters (100) including a first housing unit (11) carried by a firefighter and containing a global positioning receiver unit (12), a memory unit (13), and a data transmitting unit (13) which communicates continuous positional data relative to the location of

An emergency locator system (10) for firefighters (100) including a first housing unit (11) carried by a firefighter and containing a global positioning receiver unit (12), a memory unit (13), and a data transmitting unit (13) which communicates continuous positional data relative to the location of the first housing unit (11) to a central processing unit (15) that can store, retrieve, and transfer the positional data from the first housing unit (11) to a second housing unit (11') that includes at least a memory unit (60) that is associated with an LED array (40) having directional arrow icons (45) that are activated by the transferred positional data from the first housing unit (11) to permit rescuers to retrace the path of travel of the first housing unit (11) by using the second housing unit (11') to locate a disabled firefighter.

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[ We claim:] [1.]1. An emergency locator system for firefighters wherein the system comprises:a pair of housing units including a first housing unit and a second housing unit wherein the first housing unit includes a first global positioning receiver unit, a first memory unit, and a first data trans

[ We claim:] [1.]1. An emergency locator system for firefighters wherein the system comprises:a pair of housing units including a first housing unit and a second housing unit wherein the first housing unit includes a first global positioning receiver unit, a first memory unit, and a first data transmitting unit operatively associated with one another; wherein the first housing unit is carried by a firefighter; and wherein the second housing unit includes at least a second memory unit;a central processing unit including a central computer member having a receptacle dimensioned to receive said second housing unit;means for storing positional data transmitted from said first housing into the second memory unit in said second housing unit;means for uploading said transmitted positional data form said first housing unit into the second memory unit in said second housing unit; wherein the first global positioning receiver unit includes a GPS receiver member for continuously downloading positional date relative to the position of the first housing unit, the first memory unit includes a microprocessor having second means for storing positional data from the GPS receiver member, and the first data transmitting unit includes a data transmitter for continuously transmitting both the positional data relative to the position of the first housing unit, as well as an identifying code associated with the first housing unit to the central computer member; and wherein both the first housing unit and the second housing unit are each provided with an LED array that includes a plurality of directional arrow icons that are operatively associated with the respective first and second memory units.