Location
Beacon

Beacons can be installed wherever your employees work, from one per floor to one per room depending on facility size and operations. Location Beacons augment location transmissions where GPS alone may not be sufficient. Installed inside and around facilities, beacons transmit location signals for proximity detection with a Blackline personal gas detection or lone worker safety device.

Combined with custom floor plans, Blackline’s Location Beacons allow for precise reports of an employee’s location in the Blackline Live safety monitoring portal. The end result is the fastest possible emergency response to your employee’s exact location.

Each beacon broadcasts a unique identity number that is received by your Blackline device. Devices then report the identity of the nearest beacon within range back to Blackline Live, where it uses that associated location information to improve the accuracy of the device user’s reported location.

Floor plans greatly enhance indoor location visibility, maximizing your team’s capability to respond without delays. Floor plans are added to your Blackline Live account, with employee locations displayed on top of the floor plan on the live map. While optional, they increase the effectiveness of location beacons. They provide an important visual layer in your Blackline Live portal that can greatly improve response times — helping responders determine entry and exit points plus ideal routes through the space.

Similarly, site plans are a great way to increase the level of detail for your entire property. There may be key features that are not included within the standard Blackline Live map view, such as muster points, roadways and other details. With the help of site plans, custom maps or digital images of your property can be overlaid to ensure that you have the appropriate level of detail to efficiently manage emergency responses.