Blackline Safety’s Alertlink – A New Proximity-Based Warning Alert System
Shreesh Nadgouda, Region Head for India and South Asia for Blackline Safety, describes the company’s new AlertLink feature – designed to protect workers, worksites and communities, ensuring rapid and accurate responses to emergencies e.g. gas leaks, and other high-risk scenarios.
What is AlertLink?
AlertLink is Blackline Safety’s new proximity-based warning alert system – an innovative safety communication feature which enhances the emergency response capabilities of Blackline’s G7 and EXO personal and area monitoring devices. AlertLink works by providing real-time alerts to nearby active devices during high urgency events—including in case of high-gas, or if one of the devices detects a fall, or no-motion.In such cases, the worker’s device will immediately send a message to all devices within the defined radius—up to 5,000 meters (16,000 ft) from the source device, notifying workers of the situation.
The alert is also received by remote monitoring personnel, allowing companies to trigger evacuations, and speed up responses for isolated workers (working alone or out of sight and earshot of others), as well as providing exact location details for emergency response.
When asked for their feedback on AlertLink, a major U.S. energy company said: “We have a number of wellsites monitored by EXO devices, and having any incidents immediately communicated to nearby workers means we can address issues such as falls and gas exposures faster, while also keeping our people safer than ever before.”
How does AlertLink work?
When a G7 or EXO device detects a high-urgency event, it triggers an alert in the Blackline Live cloud-connected portal. Based on GPS coordinates and a pre-set radius, an AlertLink message is generated and sent to nearby devices. AlertLink messages are similar to a text message and trigger a unique light and sound pattern on the devices themselves. The message includes key information describing the alert type, gas type (if applicable), who is assigned to the device or the device ID if not assigned to a specific user.
For example, if an EXO detects high H2S gas levels, nearby workers with G7c devices receive an AlertLink message, enabling them to take immediate action.
