Tsunami
Takes SafetyLine to Sea
Vancouver, BC, June 24, 2003 – Tsunami’s SafetyLine -
Employee Monitoring System has proven itself on land with
thousands of individual users in North America and now we
are also protecting workers at sea.
Thousands of commercial and pleasure boats are equipped
with an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB).
In the event of an emergency on the water the EPIRB will
send a distress call which will be picked up by satellite
and relayed to a ground search and rescue station where
help will be dispatched. Search and rescue will dispatch
air support to locate the EPIRB signal and survey the
situation to determine the best rescue plan.
SafetyLine users file a “Flight Plan” (voice recording)
before every trip where they clearly identify the Skipper
and crew and detail the number of passengers. They also
report their planned itinerary (waypoints) and the
estimated time of arrival (ETA). During the voyage they
can update their progress and change the itinerary. The
user provides contact phone numbers (i.e. cell phones,
satellite phones, Radio Channels, Destination Phone
numbers, etc.)
Now, when an EPIRB is deployed, the Search and Rescue
Centre (SRC) monitors are instructed to call the Tsunami
National Monitoring Centre. The Tsunami monitors can
provide all the collected information to the SRC to
provide a much quicker and accurate search and rescue
operation. Searchers know how many people they are
searching for and where they can start their search. With
the contact information available through SafetyLine,
FALSE Emergencies (i.e. accidental deployment of EPIRBs)
can be detected quicker saving money and reducing
potential risk to rescue personnel.
On the water, exposure to the elements is the biggest
killer. Reducing the time from event to rescue will save
lives. SafetyLine will reduce the search time.
