AlertMedia releases new mobile app features to enhance workers’ safety in remote locations

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 organisation, while travelling, working remotely, or on the go.

AlertMedia mobile app

Employees of organisations with an AlertMedia account can now access real-time information about emerging threats happening anywhere in the world, through the AlertMedia mobile app, with the option also to leverage dynamic location tracking, in order to receive instantaneous threat intelligence alerts about environmental hazards, crime, and other potentially dangerous incidents happening nearby.

Through a new partnership with GeoSure, employees can access detailed neighbourhood and city-level safety scores

Additionally, through a new partnership with GeoSure, employees can access detailed neighbourhood and city-level safety scores for any work or travel destination, so as to help them quickly and accurately understand their surroundings, when in unfamiliar places.

Keeping employees safe and connected

“With employees working from locations all over the world, often away from a traditional office, it’s much harder to identify unpredictable events that threaten their safety and productivity. The new normal demands that organisations adapt and keep their employees safe and connected, wherever they are,” said Brian Cruver, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Founder at AlertMedia.

Brian Cruver adds, “Our mobile app technology provides a powerful way for employers to ensure their people know what threats exist nearby, while also providing the employees with simple and intuitive ways to signal for help, during an emergency.”

Hybrid working environment

As offices begin to reopen amid the vaccine rollout, many companies are exploring more flexible work options. In a global survey from Accenture, three-quarters of workers said they want a mix of office and remote working to become the new norm, creating greater complexity for employers needing to locate and communicate with impacted employees, during emergencies.

Additionally, with business travel rapidly returning to pre-pandemic levels, employers are faced with how to efficiently and effectively monitor and communicate with an increasingly mobile and distributed workforce. AlertMedia’s new mobile features create a more direct connection between employers and workers, while enabling employees to play an active role, in making informed decisions that impact their well-being.

Access to 24/7, location-aware intelligence

Even though more people are returning to the office, finding ways to communicate effectively continues to be a challenge"

With access to 24/7, location-aware intelligence, alongside hyper-local safety scores from GeoSure, employees can more easily assess, evaluate, and navigate evolving incidents, and unfamiliar travel locations, in order to avoid potential threats that present safety risks.

“Even though more people are returning to the office, finding ways to communicate effectively continues to be a challenge,” said Donna Kelly, the Head of Facilities at Rakuten.

Enabling employees to manage personal safety

Donna Kelly adds, “Rather than send an email to employees, hoping they will read it, AlertMedia enables our employees to manage their own safety, at their own site. Our employees are our most valuable asset. By providing them access to the AlertMedia mobile app, we are demonstrating our vested interest in their well-being.”

AlertMedia’s new mobile features include:

• Global Threat Intelligence: Empower employees with real-time threat intelligence and warnings concerning incidents, happening near their office, homes, or mobile location, to improve situational awareness and avoid potentially dangerous situations.
• Employee Safety Monitoring: Give employees an instant, reliable connection, to call for help from their organisation or law enforcement, with distress signal capabilities, including a one-touch panic button and timed monitoring session, both supported by a 24/7 dedicated monitoring team that provides live support, while response teams and law enforcement are alerted.
• GeoSure GeoSafeScores: Deliver at-a-glance safety data for more than 65,000 cities, towns, and neighbourhoods worldwide, in order to provide employees an overall safety rating and contextual information for any location, spanning eight risk categories - Women’s Safety, LGBTQ+ Safety, Physical Harm, Theft, Health & Medical, Basic Freedoms, Nighttime, and Overall Safety.

Travel safety for employees in unfamiliar locations

“Our mission is to help anyone, whether for business or pleasure, travel more confidently and safely,” said Michael Becker, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at GeoSure.

Michael Becker adds, “We’re thrilled to partner with AlertMedia, to extend the reach of our data and help employees take extra precautions, and steer clear of potential threats, when traveling to less familiar environments.”