There are literally millions of lone workers out on the road in the the UK. This ranges from lorry drivers to NHS outpatient services. Sometimes these people find themselves in emergency situations and they need a quick and safe way to get help. Lone worker apps and devices are now becoming the norm to meet this need.
In the past organisations chose to use specialist devices which workers would carry around. The issue with this is that the devices were “one extra thing” to look after and carry. Many lone workers forgot or didn’t bother to carry the devices, others neglected to keep them charged. The solution has been to incorporate protection into existing devices. This has been made possible by “smartphones” such as the iPhone.
Now workers can download an app (software) on their smartphone and get round the clock protection. It is much more common for employees to keep their phone with them and fully charged at all times. Therefore using a phone as an alarm is working wonders. At the same time it is a far simpler solution. Companies like G2M Technologies are at the forefront of this technology. Their LoneResQ software is installed on lone worker’s existing mobile phones and synced up to the organisations headquarters.
The app provides an alarm system for employees which instantly connects to emergency services and company headquarters. For anyone out on the road, this offers great piece of mind. Drivers can sound the alarm which automatically shuts the call functions off the phone. This turns the phone into a listening device for HQ who can then make the appropriate action. So id a person crashed his car and couldn’t speak, the company could still hear what is going on. It would be even more effective in teh even of a car theft when the phone could be used to later identify the voices of the robbers.


