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Issue 2 2021 Security Services & Risk Management

The PB7GSM personal tracker is a small, powerful, personal tracking system that enables users to immediately alert up to three pre-selected cellphone numbers in any emergency.

By simply pressing the SOS button, the unit sends a ‘Help Me’ SMS to the pre-selected contacts providing the exact location and time of the incident. The device will also simultaneously initiate a voice call to the first pre-selected contact. Additionally, up to three geo-fence safe zones can be pre-programmed, a school location for example, to be alerted if the device moves beyond the pre-programmed radius from these safe zones.

The Fall Detect feature on this personal tracker is essential in the elderly, sick people and even when you are being pushed to the ground by criminals. When you are not around sick or elderly people, you can know if they had a fall because the tracker will send an alert to the pre-programmed numbers upon hard impact to any surface.

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