November 24, 2025

Real-Time Visibility: Why It Matters for Panic Response Systems

From day one, Punch Rescue has prioritized reliability above all. In any emergency response system, especially panic buttons, real-time device status isn’t optional. It’s essential.

That’s why we are focused on real-time visibility across every device in your safety network. Whether it’s a card, repeater, or base station, you’ll know:

Which devices are online
Battery levels, signal strength, and firmware status
If something goes offline, immediately

Because when seconds matter, guessing isn’t an option.

This visibility extends beyond status updates. Our platform enables real-time location awareness for all cards, all the time. That means your safety teams can:

Know exactly where each card is during an emergency
Confirm complete evacuations or lockdowns
Identify staff who may still be inside a building
Coordinate a connected, responsive team-wide reaction

This level of insight transforms emergency response from reactive to proactive. And it all stems from our founding belief: A panic system should work without question, every time, without needing to “test it every 5 seconds.”

We believe this will be a critical differentiator. Other systems may only show where one device is, not all. Others won’t notify you when something disconnects. Rescue will.

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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.