EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS
Iridium satellite people-tracking solutions are deployed where mobile phone coverage is less reliable or non existent, or whose security is considered to be compromised – and where true all-in-one global coverage is required.
DUTY OF CARE There are sound reasons why employer organisations look to a people tracking solution as part of their HR or health and safety armoury. First and foremost, such a solution is viewed as part of duty of care, and a proactive, pre-emptive step to look after the health and wellbeing of the staff. Knowing where staff are should things go wrong, and then looking at the best ways to help them, and ordering an evacuation if needed is uppermost in employers’ minds in any adverse situation.
Major industrial and other incidents may be uncommon but they do happen. Plane and train crashes, explosions at chemical, processing and oil and gas complexes may all involve people who will need assistance. If they are in possession of a smartphone or Iridium satellite apps, personnel can be pinpointed with accuracy and then supported in every possible way.
User organisations are, as stated earlier, among the biggest blue chip names in the UK/Europe and the US, but they also include SMEs. Take a window cleaning business in Yorkshire whose owner wants to keep a fix on where his employees are and enable them to send a panic alert. Window cleaning can be a dangerous job – a reminder that emergencies are not restricted to known hotspots.
In some respects, tomorrow’s health and safety is with us today when it comes to adopting new technology, which is constantly evolving in mobile hardware and software. Suppliers are aware that they mustn’t stand still; that emergencies, whatever and wherever they are, at any future date, should be planned for now to ensure that risk to life and limb is minimised.
www.vismo.com VISMO TRACKING APP FEATURES:
• GPS Tracking: Provides regular GPS fixes of events and personnel on a secure web platform, allowing a user organisation’s Crisis Management Team to view current locations, historical trails, battery life and signal strength.
• Panic Alert Button: Triggers an immediate email and SMS from the user organisation in real time to key contacts, and a period of covert recording by the phone to ascertain the risk level and take necessary action. The recording is transmitted to the app provider’s secure server; multiple recordings can be sent.
• Incident Response: Shows the latest position of employees in the vicinity of any incident and sends advice on appropriate action.
• Geo-Fencing: With this facility, user organisations can set up “geo-fences” and receive SMS messages and email alerts when employees move into high-risk areas or leave safe zones. Geo-fences can play a key role in emergencies to help keep users safe.
• Online Control: Allows user organisations to manage the risk and safety of all employees from one central, secure, online location.
• Check-in: Allows personnel to register their arrival and departure to and from a location through the app.
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