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EcoOnline, a technology provider for EHS, ESG, and Chemical Safety launches its Lone Worker Landscape Report 2024. Surveying over 1,200 executives and lone workers, the report explores the risks faced by lone workers and the perspectives of executives tasked with ensuring their safety. Key areas examined include communication, risk management, policies, and incident prevention and mitigation. Lone working on the rise Lone workers defined as anyone who works by themselves ‘without close...

Vismo, a specialist in employee tracking, monitoring and safety solutions, has announced a partnership with RapidSOS, the intelligent safety platform that securely links life-saving data from 500 million connected devices, apps, and sensors to RapidSOS Safety Agents, 911 telecommunicators, and first responders. The partnership provides United States-based lone workers in healthcare with more immediate access to first responders whenever and wherever they feel unsafe or are in an emergency. Vi...

Reliance High-Tech, the independent security technology integrator, has received a bronze-level award from the Government in recognition of its commitment to the Armed Forces. The award is for organizations that pledge, demonstrate, or advocate support to the defense and armed forces community, and align their values with the Armed Forces Covenant. The Covenant is a promise made that those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces, and their families, should be treated fairly and should...

Reliance High-Tech is pleased to have been nominated as a finalist for two awards in the Security and Fire Excellence Awards in 2022.  Training Initiative of the Year award For the Training Initiative of the Year award, the company has embarked upon ambitious recruitment and training program consisting of two pioneering schemes.  Firstly, developed in conjunction with Zitko, Reliance has adopted the Zitko TALENT program, which takes individuals from other industries and re...

Reliance High-Tech, the independent security technology integrator, is celebrating 30 years of membership of the British Security Industry Association (BSIA). During this time, Reliance High-Tech has been able to help shape the direction of the security industry by sharing its knowledge with other members and playing an active role in a number of special interest groups. Voice of the security industry Since it was formed in 1967, the BSIA has firmly established itself as the voice of the prof...

Blackline Safety Corp., a globally renowned company in connected safety technology, has announced it will unveil the G6 single-gas detector – setting a new standard in connected worker wearables – at the upcoming 2022 National Safety Council (NSC) Safety Congress & Expo, which is to be held from September 19 to September 21, 2022, at the San Diego Convention Center, in San Diego, California, USA. “The challenge was how to bring the increased safety and operational performa...

In response to the growing demand for employee protection and a one-stop solution to keep workers safe on the job, Blackline Safety Corp., a globally renowned company in connected safety technology, has announced a major expansion of its round-the-clock safety monitoring service. The expansion includes growing the Blackline Safety Operations Center (SOC) – the only in-house safety monitoring service operated by a connected safety vendor, which operates 24/7, 365 days a year – by inc...

Interface Security Systems (Interface), a globally renowned managed service provider, delivering business security, managed network, UCaaS and business intelligence solutions to distributed enterprises, has announced an expanded suite of Personal Protection Monitoring services that use active RFID tags to protect infants from abduction, prevent mother/infant mismatches, and monitor memory care patients. Personal Protection Monitoring services Personal Protection Monitoring was first launched i...

Vismo (vismo.com) has announced the launch of Vismo Monitor, an app to help organizations easily monitor alerts about threatening or potentially threatening events, from their traveling or lone working employees. The new app enables those with access to the Vismo Secure Portal, such as security teams or managers, to receive alerts directly and securely to their mobile devices. Vismo Monitor app Employees can raise alerts using the Vismo Locate & Protect App. Its Red Alert feature can be a...

The majority of companies (68%) have experienced an incident involving a lone worker in the past three years, with a fifth of these incidents described as severe or very severe, according to research from lone worker solution, StaySafe. In addition, nearly a quarter of staff feels unsafe at least once a year. StaySafe surveyed over 1,300 lone workers and health and safety executives in the ‘The Lone Worker Landscape Report 2021’. Levels of protection This research aims, for the fi...

The owners of Innovative Business Software A/S (Innovative), Montreal-based Valsoft Corporation (Valsoft Corp.) have acquired UK-based security firm, Bold Communications, in a move to drive expansion of its presence in the United Kingdom. The acquisition will strengthen Innovative’s product offering, with the inclusion of Bold Communications’ CCTV alarm event handling and lone worker protection services. Innovative Business Software A/S is a global provider of security technology in...

In the wake of an unprecedented increase in reports of violence and abuse towards frontline workers, body worn video systems provider, Reveal Media and lone worker protection specialists Peoplesafe have entered into a strategic partnership to provide public-facing workers with a body camera solution designed to record all incidents. Initially adopted by the police force, body worn video technology is starting to be adopted by other industries, from healthcare providers such as ambulance staff t...

Ringway Jacobs, a renowned highway services provider, has become the first UK fleet operation to adopt a video-enabled lone worker service that is designed to better safeguard drivers operating in the field. Ringway Jacobs’ H&S and Fleet departments teamed up with Peoplesafe and SureCam to roll-out the integrated safety solution, by using a mobile phone app that enables the benefits of lone worker protection with those of video telematics. Video-enabled lone worker service David Bon...

Reliance (Reliance High Tech Limited), the UK's renowned independent security technology integrator and provider of Lone Worker Safety and video surveillance solutions, has launched new websites for its Reliance High-Tech and Reliance Protect brands, to reflect the changing needs of its customers, post Covid-19 pandemic. New brand websites The move towards greater business digitization required Reliance to enhance its customer experience and online support material. The new websites have a com...

AlertMedia, the globally renowned emergency communication solutions provider, has announced the launch of several new mobile app features, which are designed to keep the current hybrid workforce and anywhere workers safe and connected to their organization, while traveling, working remotely, or on the go. AlertMedia mobile app Employees of organizations with an AlertMedia account can now access real-time information about emerging threats happening anywhere in the world, through the AlertMedia...

Fenix Monitoring, an approved NSI Gold Alarm Receiving Center (ARC), has entered into a new partnership with OPTEX to support its customers in providing state-of-the-art security response services. The business, founded in 2018 by Managing Director, Carl Meason, will harness the reliability and performance of OPTEX’s Intelligent Visual Monitoring solution to extend its services to provide visually verified alarms, enhancing security by capturing genuine alarms while filtering out nuisance...

Police users in the Municipality of Padova have deployed over 300 Sepura SC20 radios for the city’s police force. These are the first Sepura radios to be deployed in the Padova region, with the radios being chosen to replace existing TETRA units after a successful user trial. Radio users will benefit from the SC20’s loud audio and robust design, while also being protected by the radios’ advanced functions; Man Down and Lone Worker applications will initially be deployed, while...

Vismo, global tracking specialist has appointed lone worker industry expert Craig Swallow as CEO, with a focus on developing the company into a globally recognized brand for locating, monitoring and protecting international, local and home workers. With more than 18 years of specific experience and focus in the lone worker security industry, Craig brings to his new post wide ranging knowledge in lone worker service innovation, marketing, business strategy and sales growth across continents. Lon...

Everbridge, Inc., a pioneer in critical event management and enterprise safety software applications to help keep people safe and businesses running, announced a partnership with RiskBand, a provider of wearable, live-monitored safety devices for organizations and their workers. The alliance is part of Everbridge’s strategy to reach the broadest set of workers, including those that may not always have ready access to a cellphone, such as a hospitality employee, in-home healthcare provider,...

FIREX International, alongside the co-located IFSEC International, Safety & Health Expo and Facilities Show, has announced that the Protection & Management series of events will be moving to a new dateline of 19-21 May for the 2020 edition at ExCeL, London. FIREX International 2019 Dates Unchanged  Gerry Dunphy, Exhibition Director, FIREX, explains: “Major business decisions are made at FIREX every year, and the event has been in huge growth in its home in London, as we anti...

A highlight of initiative is HID’s latest mobility solutions unveiled at ISC West, including goID platform, Mobile Access enhancements, & more HID Global®, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, has introduced a mobility initiative that includes solutions, services, investments and alliances that expand the capabilities of trusted IDs on mobile devices across a growing range of access control, authentication and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. A...

Visitors to the show will be able to see live demonstrations of Skyguard’s exclusive product range on their stand Skyguard will be showcasing a brand new version of its exclusive ‘MySOS’ personal safety alarm at this year’s Lone Worker Safety Conference, held at the Olympia Conference Centre on 24th November. The MySOS which already includes GSM, GPS and Man-down technologies, has been further enhanced by Skyguard with a number of new features in an up...

Genetec, a leading provider of unified IP security solutions and Vidcie, a leading provider of mobile live video streaming services recently announced the integration of Vidcie Lookout wearable camera systems with the Genetec unified security platform, Security Center. Vidcie on-body cameras provide law enforcement officers and security personnel with on-demand, hands-free live streaming video that can be transmitted from the field over cellular or Wi-Fi networks. When connected to Security Cent...

HID Global will highlight its solutions for secure access to Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) HID Global, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, recently announced that it will showcase its healthcare security offerings that solve strong authentication challenges for IT security and patient information privacy at this year’s HIMSS in Orlando, Florida. The company will showcase its layered approach to patient data protection and health record secur...