LONE WORKER RADIO SOLUTIONS

TWO-WAY RADIO LONE WORKER RADIO ALARM SOLUTIONS

Depending on the nature of your business and your industry, there may be occasions where workers need to operate alone.  Ensuring the safety of anyone likely to be working without physical assistance is paramount.  You need to know the members of your team – whether out in the field or in-house – have access to the best systems and technology available. Many of the two-way radios, PTT-over-Cellular (PoC) devices and apps Umoja Technical Services Limited offer feature some kind of lone worker monitoring functionality.

How does the lone worker function work?

 How lone-worker mode operates is very straight forward. When lone-worker mode is active, a silent timer will start, counting down based on a period of inactivity on the device (ie. No button presses or calls made). This is sometimes known as a “check-in” or “keep alive” timer and Umoja Technical Services Limited recommend this is set to 30 minutes in the majority of cases. When the timer reaches a set point in the countdown, the device will beep or vibrate to request the user presses a button on the device to re-set the timer.

By doing this, the user is effectively confirming that all is well. This period is known as “pre-alarm”, and Umoja Technical Services Limited usually recommend a 2-minute pre-alarm window. If the user does not press the button within the pre-alarm window, an emergency alarm will be raised. This emergency alarm can alert a control room, other device users or external on-call personnel. With certain devices and apps, the emergency alarm can be accompanied by location information and/or by opening the microphone on the device, allowing responders to hear what’s going on.

Lone worker and man-down main features
  • Emergency Button – Pressing the emergency button causes the radio to enter emergency state & request support
  • Pre-warning alert (Allows the worker to minimise false alarms)
  • Advanced algorithm to minimise false alarm (e.g. when running)
  • Heartbeat messaging (Positive confirmation of communications link)
  • GPS report with positive confirmation of the location
  • Simple Alarm Activation – A dedicated panic alarm giving peace of mind to your lone workers
  • Fully Reportable – Significantly reduces financial risk to the business with a fully recordable and reportable system which can assist with insurance mitigation
  • Position Reporting – Utilising built-in GPS the user location data information is sent to central-point during an emergency situation
  • Lowers Costs – Deploy without the need for a second device