January 16, 2026

Built to Stay Online When Power Goes Out

Power outages are often part of emergency situations, but most communication systems aren’t built to handle them.

Our emergency communication network is.

Every part of our system is designed to continue operating when traditional infrastructure fails:

Repeaters include built-in batteries that provide 2–3 days of backup power with no external electricity.
Base stations include approximately 6 hours of backup battery life when power is lost.

When power and Wi-Fi go down, our system continues to function by:

Maintaining a cellular connection to the internet
Creating a localized emergency communication network
Running entirely on local battery backup

This means alerts, coordination, and communication can continue, even during extended outages.

Preparedness isn’t just about having an emergency system in place. It’s about knowing that the system will still work when conditions aren’t ideal.

Backup power isn’t an add-on for us… It’s built in.

Panic buttons with reliable emergency infrastructure.

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How We Started

In 2017, a young lifeguard at a YMCA of Charlotte branch suffered a seizure while opening the pool alone. She fell into the water and drowned before anyone knew she needed help.

We heard the full story later that year at a conference in Seattle. Our emergency communication platform, PunchAlert, was already deployed at that YMCA, but it couldn’t help. She couldn’t unlock a phone, open an app, or call for assistance.

That tragedy exposed the fundamental constraint: when people need help most, they often can’t use the tools we’ve given them. We spent two days in Seattle with aquatics directors and risk managers, determined to solve what software alone couldn’t. The answer wasn’t another app, it was infrastructure designed for the worst-case scenarios.

Punch Rescue was born from that commitment: wearable devices that work when nothing else can, connected to infrastructure that doesn’t rely on the person in crisis to operate it. From aquatics to K-12 schools and beyond, we’ve remained focused on one principle: protecting the people who matter most, especially when they can’t protect themselves.