How do you reassure your staff they are safe in potentially dangerous surroundings if the Wi-Fi and cellular network is patchy? Enabling staff to carry out their duties in safety, with the peace of mind that they are being monitored has multiple benefits; staff are more likely to work at maximum capacity when they know their well-being has been prioritised.

So what does SafetyNet Mesh do?

Wireless beacons strategically placed within a building or designated area receive signals from dedicated location monitoring devices, like SafetyNet Protect+ and SafetyNet Asset, as their users move around the area. SafetyNet Locator software then displays movements in real time on on-screen schematics, and records movements for management reporting and staff accountability. The system can be used in any indoor situation, but is especially useful in areas where achieving reliable GPS or Wi-Fi coverage is challenging.

• Designed for mission critical applications
• Self-healing and expandable mesh network
• Zones can be defined, allowing actions to be initiated on entering or leaving an area, including voice and text messages

With nearly thirty years’ experience of designing private mobile radio systems we understand that every application is different, so please contact us for a no-obligation discussion of your requirements.

PMR Products has considerable experience in designing, installing and maintaining communication solutions. To discuss your requirements please get in touch

The safety of staff is a primary consideration in any well run organisation, so what are the options for enabling staff, working in potentially hazardous or confrontational situations, to raise the alarm and summon assistance to their location when required? Here are a few considerations in identifying the right solution for your specific requirements.

Do you need infrastructure to ensure communication coverage?

If staff movements are indoors in one building or facility, e.g. a prison, you will require infrastructure designed specifically for your site, for example SafetyNet Mesh, to ensure reliable coverage of the required areas for any robust location monitoring solutions. If staff are working outside, e.g. at a water treatment plant, GPS can provide reliable coverage for two-way radios wherever the signal is good, but where the signal is weak, or if staff are moving between indoors and outdoors, again you will require infrastructure to provide the necessary coverage.

Do your staff already use or need two-way radio communications?

In applications where voice communications using 2-way radio is essential, location services can be added to your radio equipment as a module which attaches to the side of the radio for indoor location and for outdoor wide area positioning the GPS service may be used as well. Location information is passed over a DMR or TETRA radio scheme and SafetyNet Locator software will show the location of staff and provide essential information to other staff when an alarm is raised using the emergency button on their radio. Lone Worker safety and Man Down features are also possible.

If you need radios but don’t already have them, we can offer solutions to provide audio communications combined with location services indoor and outdoor as needed as a fully integrated package.

Do you need a software platform?

The PMR Products’ SafetyNet software platform provides the monitoring and reporting functions, location mapping for staff safety and security. Used at its simplest it can work unattended to convey alerts and location information from one device to another, but it offers the capacity to integrate with data from other systems, e.g. fire or entry systems, higher level software management (command and control) to help organisations make intelligent decisions and take appropriate action.

This gives a broad outline of the factors that need to be taken into consideration in planning or upgrading and alarm system for staff safety but with nearly thirty years’ experience of designing private mobile radio systems we understand that every application is different so please contact us for a no-obligation discussion of your requirements.

PMR Products has considerable experience in designing, installing and maintaining communication solutions. To discuss your requirements please get in touch

HMP Dumfries, part of the Scottish Prison Service, is a local adult male prison that specialises in holding short-term offenders who need to be separated from other inmates due to the nature of their offence.

To better provide for the safety of staff, the prison acquired our SafetyNet Locator software upgrade, which will work with the existing system of beacons and TETRA radios retro-fitted with a receiver module to show the location of staff when the radio alarm button is pressed in the event of an emergency. Should an incident occur support can quickly be despatched to a precise location.

SafetyNet Locator software, which provides a comprehensive solution to visualising the location of workers in potentially confrontational or hazardous roles; can be used with existing beacon and radio systems, as HMP Dumfries has done.

As an alternative PMR have further developed using SafetyNet Mesh and SafetyNet Protect+ to provide personal alarm units, which do not require the use of staff radios, but operate in parallel with them.

PMR Products has considerable experience in designing, installing and maintaining communication solutions for custodial facilities. To discuss your requirements please get in touch