CriticalArc and the UK-based alarm receiving centre network Security Monitoring Centres (SMC) have confirmed an agreement which sees SMC extending its 24/7/365 SIA-NSI accredited monitoring services with the addition of CriticalArc’s SafeZone personal safety software. SafeZone connects people, whether they are based remotely, lone working, travelling on business, or present on-site.
SMC customers can also have upgrade options going beyond, the firms say, traditional lone worker protection to real-time response and team co-ordination, vehicle tracking, tip reporting, wellbeing tools, mass- and targeted-communications and emergency management. The technology is already in use across sectors including education, transportation, healthcare, and critical infrastructure.
As for responses to emergency situations, this will provide protection to individuals in virtually any location, the ability for staff to use a check-in timer and fall detection when working in high-risk places, and to access routine help 24/7 at the touch of a button on a smartphone or wearable device.
Colin Walters at SMC says: “Building on our trusted 24/7 monitoring services, we are delighted that our business partners can now offer customers ‘Safety Everywhere’ protection thanks to SafeZone technology. Our customers are looking for new ways to build more supportive workplace cultures while meeting their duty of care to all their people. CriticalArc’s SafeZone is a transformative solution that lets them achieve this regardless of geography.”
And Darren Chalmers-Stevens, pictured, Chief Operating Officer at CriticalArc said: “SafeZone, now available through SMC monitoring, gives UK organisations outsourced monitoring and response services with greater capabilities than ever before.”
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