Emergency Notification App

The RapidReach Emergency Notification App can be used to receive alertscommunicate during incidents and initiate alerts. It also includes a panic button feature for lone worker applications.

Receiving Alerts

RapidReach is designed to ensure that anyone receiving an alert will notice it clearly and take the correct actions without any misunderstandings.

  • Both iOS and Android devices are supported.
  • The app can override silent mode,
    allowing alerts to pop up silently or with sound.
  • The message can even be read out loud.
  • The person receiving the alert can respond directly.

Emergency Chat

The RapidReach Emergency Notification App includes a WhatsApp-like chat functionality that allows your teams to communicate during both emergency and non-emergency situations.
All correspondence is stored centrally. Groups are also controlled centrally.

  • Centrally managed Teams
  • Send messages to members of teams you belong to
  • Get notified when messages are received in group chats you belong to 
  • Audit trail of the actions and communication
emergency notification app
emergency notification app

Initiate an Alert

Through the RapidReach Emergency Notification App, users can not only receive alerts but also initiate emergency alerts or scenarios.
By starting an alert using the app, any staff member can initiate an alert, even when they are not in the office or control room.

  • Configure what scenarios can be started from the App
  • Define who can start scenarios
  • Review the scenario before starting it
  • Initiated Alerts is available for review in a list of historical actions

GPS positioning

There is an option in SmartPhone Alert to send alerts to a recipient based on their current location. This could be during a localized incident.

The recipient must enable the use of their location on their smartphone / tablet to enable this location based alerting. Positioning is achieved via GPS, if available, or determined using signals from mobile network base stations.

  • GPS positioning
  • Geocoding of coordinates
  • Chose between high accuracy or low battery consumption
GPS Position

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Replacement of pagers

RapidReach can  often replace obsolete pagers and paging systems with a modern system that is quick and easy to use.

Compared to a system based on pagers you get following improvements:

  • Clear messages
  • Both messages and responses
  • TLS enqrypted communication
  • Possibility to monitor devices
  • Start alerts
  • Chat

More than an Emergency Notification App

 

The RapidReach system offers more than just an emergency notification app; it is a comprehensive emergency notification system that supports telephony, text messages, email, desktop alerts, speakers, and alarm panels.

Typically, we host it for you in our safe and secure SaaS solution, but we can also provide RapidReach as a local on-premises solution.

Alerts can be initiated manually via the web GUI, app, and alarm panels, or automatically through a web service API or an electrical output from an external system.

Emergency Notification Service

SmartPhone Alert FAQ

Yes. SmartPhone Alert can communicate via WiFi in areas where there is no mobile reception.

Yes. RapidReach supports high risk locations communication based on the realtime position of the user’s smartphone.

Yes. If you want to hear more about how, don’t hesitate to contact us.

SmartPhone Alert is suitable for all environments and provides flexibility and resiliency to communication.

The alert can be delivered audibly as a notification sound (volume and duration adjustable) or the alert message can be read aloud. If required, silent mode on a user’s phone can be overridden.