The Most Reliable Panic Button Card for K12 Schools

The Rescue Card is a reliable and durable wearable panic button designed to help schools stay safe and connected during emergencies. With its intuitive features, it enables swift emergency reporting to ensure a prompt response.

Versatile Reporting Options

The Rescue Card offers multiple reporting modes: test mode, Level 1, and Level 2. Level 1 notifies internal responders, while Level 2 sends alerts to all staff, activates Repeater strobe lights, and triggers 911+ Concierge for reliable police response.
Test Mode

Green

Level 1

Orange

Level 2

Red

Replaceable Batteries

Designed with convenience in mind, the Rescue Card features a battery access port for easy replacement. This makes the Rescue Card a sustainable option which sets it apart other solutions on the market that require entire card replacements

Precise Location Awareness with Repeaters

Repeaters are strategically placed in every classroom to ensure accurate indoor location tracking and reliable coverage. They also offer an optional strobe light attachment for additional visual emergency notifications.

Reliable Emergency Reporting with the Alert Station

Each school is provided with an Alert Station that receives emergency signals from the cards and repeaters. This station is equipped with cellular capabilities for dependable emergency reporting. It features both audible and visual alerts for immediate notification, along with a physical button to silence or activate test mode.

Monitoring

Real-time status and reliability monitoring

Customizable

Customizable alert stations with OTA updates

Integrated

Native integration with STOPit Notify and 911-Direct

Management

Easily managed from RescueAlert.io admin portal

Reducing Emergency Response Times

Rescue is a long range, reliable, low power, real time monitored system. The Rescue Card easily attaches to a lanyard or belt for easy access and flexible use. The reliability of the Rescue Card System can significantly improve emergency response times in school settings, ensuring quick and efficient communication during critical situations.

Always Connected

STOPit Notify automatically alerts internal responders during emergency events so you can be fully aware of what’s happening in your location. STOPit Notify’s advanced messaging and management platform gives your team a space to streamline emergency management, making critical, life saving decisions faster and with confidence.

STOPit Notify automatically alerts internal responders during emergency events so you can be fully aware of what’s happening in your location.

STOPit Notify’s advanced messaging and management platform gives your team a space to streamline emergency management, making critical, life saving decisions faster and with confidence.

Manage Emergencies

Notify responders, send emergency plans to everyone’s phone, and track all checked-in employees in real-time.

Send Announcements

Keep everyone informed by sending announcements including chats, voice recordings, photos, or documents.

Feature Rich Panic Button

Simple Panic Button
Lightweight Card Design
Worn Around Neck or Belt
Easy Testing Mechanism
Emergency App Integration
2 Levels of Reporting
Track Card Online Status
Room-Level Accuracy
Doesn’t Rely on Cellular/Wifi
Outdoor Use

Alyssa’s Law Compliant Panic Button

Alyssa’s Law, currently passed in New Jersey and Florida, requires schools to install silent panic alarms that are directly linked to law enforcement. The legislation has been proposed in Arizona, New York, Nebraska, Texas and introduced on a federal level. Rescue, by Punch Alert, fully satisfies the state requirements for silent panic buttons and can be used to prepare for, manage and resolve emergencies.

battery life up to
18 months

The batteries in the Rescue Card last 12 to 18 months before needing to be replaced. We provide replacement batteries annually.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Cards

1. Download the Rescue Card App on an iOS device.
2. Ensure Bluetooth is enabled.
3. Open the app and select “Set up New Card”.
4. The app will display “Looking for Card”.
5. Press the button once on the Card; the light should blink white.
6. The app will indicate “Found a Card”.
7. Enter your name to assign the device.
8. Click “Connect to STOPit Notify”.
9. Enter your username and password.
10. Select your organization to assign the wearable.
11. Press the button once; the light should blink green, confirming readiness.

Battery life ranges from 12 to 18 months before needing replacement.

No, but the battery is replaceable.

New batteries are sent annually. Replace the battery upon receipt.

Press once → Test mode (green light, dashboard logs the test if received by a base station).

Press three times → Level 1 emergency (notifies internal responders via STOPit Notify, three vibrations confirm activation).

Long press (3+ seconds) → Level 2 emergency (alerts all staff and activates 911+ Concierge via STOPit Notify, confirmed by a long vibration).

Green → Test mode.
Orange → Level 1 emergency.
Red → Level 2 emergency.

Yes. Repeaters detect Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) signals from the Cards and report locations to the Rescue dashboard and STOPit Notify.

Yes, but this feature must be enabled. Repeaters will constantly report the Card’s BLE signal back to the dashboard.

Repeaters

1. Download the Rescue Card App on an iOS device.
2. Ensure Bluetooth is enabled.
3. Open the app and select “Set up New Repeater”.
4. The app will display “Looking for Repeater”.
5. Press the button once on the Repeater; the light should blink white.
6. The app will indicate “Found a Repeater”.
7. Enter the location description for assignment.
8. Click “Connect Repeater to WiFi”.
9. Select the WiFi network from your smartphone and click “Share”.
10. The Repeater’s light will turn green when successfully connected.
11. Click “Connect to STOPit Notify”, enter your credentials, and assign the device to an organization.
12. Setup complete.

When a Card sends an emergency signal (LoRa), a nearby Repeater picks it up and uses a second radio to rebroadcast the emergency signal across the facility, ensuring wider coverage.

Ideally, one per room, plus additional units in open spaces to enhance location accuracy.

Blinking white → Setup mode.
Solid green → Online and connected.
Blinking green → Operating on backup power.
No light → Backup power depleted.

The strobe light (detachable fixture) activates red only during a Level 2 emergency.

Base Stations

  1. Pre-configured before shipment. Simply connect a PoE Ethernet cable for both power and internet.
  2. To mount:
    1. Remove the anchor from the base by pressing and rotating counterclockwise.
    2. Install the anchor on a wall.
    3. Press the base station into the anchor and rotate clockwise to lock it in place.
  3. Each base station can be named in the RescueAlert.io dashboard.

Primary: PoE Ethernet
Backup: Cellular (AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile automatically supported).

White → Online
Yellow → Offline
Green → Test mode (active for 2 minutes)
Red → Emergency (Level 1 or Level 2)
Blue → Aquatic emergency (for Rescue Raft wearables, not Cards)
Half-lit → Running on backup power

Yes. It announces Level 1 or Level 2 emergencies with configurable volume and alert settings via the Rescue dashboard.

Press during an emergency alert → Silences the alert.

Hold for several seconds → Activates Test Mode (lights turn green, no emergency alerts sent).

Minimum: 1 per location (acts as a hub to receive emergencies and relay them via Ethernet or Cellular if Repeaters lose WiFi).

Optional: Additional units for audible alerts or extra redundancy.