With a list of addresses and boxes containing Narcan and other supplies, the Metro Public Health and Wellness Department's 'Quick Response Team' prepared to hit the road Friday morning. The goal is to provide those who have recently overdosed with the resources to eventually choose a drug-free life and, in the meantime, educate them on how to save a life."Last year, about 500 residents died of a fatal overdose, and in almost all of those cases, fentanyl was involved. Virtually all of those overdoses could have been reversed if someone was present and had naloxone," Ben Goldman, with Metro Public Health and Wellness, said.The program, which marked three years this summer, began at the recommendation of a Kentucky doctor who specialized in addictions. It works, thanks to the help of people like Samantha Elkins.She lost her son's father to an overdose and shares her story when she's making home visits."When I'm able to go to these homes, they've also lost a loved one, and I can share my pain with them, and we can bond over that and talk about the resources that are available for both of us out there," Elkins said.The visits happen thanks to referrals from Metro EMS, Louisville Fire, and a few area police departments. The team makes it out to the home within 72 hours of that initial overdose run, but admittedly, those first visits do not always go as planned."The second and third time we follow up with them is kind of where the magic happens," Cillian Browne said.Browne is part of the team that has knocked on about 4,000 doors in just three years. He says every single knock and every conversation is an opportunity to not only change but possibly save a life."There's a lot of moments where we're walking away and high-fiving each other. We shed a tear. It was such a moving moment that we got to interact with somebody and really help them along the way," Browne said.The Health Department said already this year its received 1,700 referrals, allowing them to connect with several hundred people.