Man Down Alarms & Lone Worker Radio Solutions
Digital two-way radios are a valuable tool for companies with field staff who work alone, often in isolated locations or mobile black-spots. Companies need to be able to ensure the safety of these employees. We can help our customers to activate, or in some cases where the feature is not already integrated, install, two features which can help monitor radio users.
The Man Down function
A man down alarm is a safety feature built into a two-way radio that automatically alerts your team if a lone worker falls, stops moving, or is incapacitated. It is built for anyone working alone or in isolation, from security patrols to engineers on remote sites. It’s a practical way to meet your duty of care to lone workers.
The function uses a tilt-switch: if the radio is still, or held at an unusual angle, for a set period, an alarm is triggered. Both the angle threshold and time delay are adjustable to suit the environment. Before the alarm reaches the controller, the user gets a warning signal they can cancel, this is what keeps false alarms low. Once triggered, the alert reaches your control room and can escalate by radio, SMS, or email.
Man down functionality is available as standard or as an add-on on Motorola MOTOTRBO and Hytera portable radios, and can usually be added to existing radio fleets.
The Lone Worker function
The Lone Worker function checks in on radio users automatically, without them needing to raise an alarm themselves — useful for anyone working solo where a fall or incident might not trigger the Man Down tilt-switch, such as someone sitting or kneeling during the task.
At set intervals, the radio beeps and the worker presses push-to-talk to confirm they’re safe. If they don’t respond, the radio flags an alert and sends it through to the controller. The check-in interval is adjustable to suit the job.
Benefits include:
- Improved lone worker safety
- Shortened emergency response times
- Minimised false alarms
- Ease of configuration and use
Please visit our Case Studies page to read about some of our deployments that have featured the man down and lone worker applications.
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