Multiple Reports Map a Clear Story

In a real emergency, it’s not uncommon for multiple people to report the same incident, often from different locations or perspectives. With Rescue’s indoor mapping, every panic signal becomes a visible pin on the map, creating a layer of awareness in real time.

Instead of treating these overlapping reports as noise, Rescue turns them into valuable data:

Multiple Reports

When more than one alert is triggered in the same area, it reinforces the urgency of the situation, helping responders prioritize and deploy resources faster.

Clustered Visibility

Seeing several alerts from nearby rooms gives a clearer picture of the emergency’s spread or impact, whether that’s a threat moving through a building or a medical situation affecting multiple people.

Location-Based Strategy

The map becomes more than a monitoring tool. It helps leadership coordinate response based on where alerts are clustered, not just who pushed the button.

In a world where clarity saves time, and time saves lives, multiple panic signals mapped together provide the full story.

How Rescue Started

In early 2017, we learned of a tragedy that took place at a branch of the YMCA of Charlotte, one of our best PunchAlert customers. One morning, a young lifeguard was found in the pool, fully clothed, having drowned some time earlier. It was later that year at the YMCA Risk Management conference in Seattle, where sitting in the audience I watched the risk management director of the YMCA of Charlotte explain what happened after much investigation. Apparently, the lifeguard had a seizure while opening up the pool that morning, fell in while completely alone, and drowned. Our emergency communication platform and mobile app, PunchAlert, was of no use in this terrible circumstance. We spent the next two days in Seattle meeting with aquatic directors and risk managers to fully understand the problem and the need. Ultimately, the idea for the Rescue Raft was born on that day…. a wearable panic button for lifeguards, that could automatically activate upon submersion in water, notify all on-site staff with a connected Alert Station, and create a PunchAlert emergency to then 2-way communicate, manage, and resolve the situation.

The most advanced safety wearable panic button, ever.

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