Vismo has enhanced its existing Check-In function on its GPS-based global tracking app, to improve the safety of lone workers
The Timed Check-In function allows users to submit their immediate location information back to the Vismo platform, with an additional safety timer.
The Vismo app operates on all smartphone and satellite phone platforms, from the iPhone to Android and Windows phones, and satellite trackers for use when no mobile coverage is available.
The new feature is particularly suited to lone workers such as estate agents, district nurses, carers and enforcement officers, who may face increased risks when working alone on premises other than their employer’s, particularly when meeting people they’ve never met before.
Vismo’s Timed Check-Ins allow users to allocate a timer which will automatically trigger an alert if they don’t explicitly cancel it.
“Our Timed Check-In feature brings lone worker safety into sharp focus, because it enables users to set timescales per job on their phone,” said Vismo director Colin Dale. “If a worker doesn’t check out after checking in, for example for a 30 minute job, an alert will be triggered and the account administrators notified via SMS and email.”
Users can also utilise a long-established feature of the Vismo app - its panic button, clearly visible on their device. When a panic alert is activated, the app makes immediate contact with its monitoring station, which can be configured to share information with emergency services if necessary. The app also transmits covert audio to the station, aiding the account administrators and/ or monitoring team to identify any issues facing the end-user.
Additionally, the staff may seek “proof of life” from the user by asking, in case the device has fallen into the wrong hands, questions that, collectively, only the user can answer correctly.
The app is provided to staff by some employers under their duty of care to them. Employers who sign their lone workers up to the app are given their own web-based monitoring system, allowing them to track and respond to staff at any time in the 24/7 cycle.
