Lone worker protection travels abroad

Emergency response specialist
Skyguard has launched what is
claimed to be the first-ever personal
emergency service for British
travellers and lone workers
abroad. Skyguard
International gives
travellers the power to
summon help at the
press of a button if
they find themselves
in trouble overseas.

Initially the service is
live across 34 European
countries, the Russian
Federation and South Africa.

Travellers can activate the
emergency Skyguard International
service using a key-fob sized device
called MySOS. The MySOS is the
smallest GPS alarm of its kind in the
UK, and can be discreetly attached to
keys, a belt or worn on a lanyard.

Skyguard’s service also runs as an
app on a BlackBerry, with the
handset’s convenience side key
acting as the alarm button.

Alarms containing the
user’s location and
identity go directly to
Skyguard’s Incident
Management Centre in
the UK, where trained
controllers can listen in,
talk if it’s safe to do so and
co-ordinate a timely response by
summoning the national emergency
services of the country in question,
and contacting the victim’s relatives
or employers.