Ensure lone workers are never alone.
Ascom personnel safety alarms for shopping malls
Shoppers love the easy accessibility of the mall. But it is also this accessibility that leaves staff vulnerable to abuse, theft, and even physical assault. But there is a proven way to maximize staff safety—without compromising efficiency or the shopping experience. With an Ascom personal alarm solution, staff are only a discreet button push away from help.
Knowing that help is always at hand helps build confidence and morale. It’s particularly important for shopping mall staff. They often work alone in large facilities with complex layouts, and must interact with a high traffic of shoppers. So having a personal alarm system—such as those from Ascom with ‘man-down’, 'no-movement’ and automatic positioning—is an operative necessity.
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Safer staff means more productive staff
Ascom personal alarms provide so much more than conventional alerts. In fact, thanks to ‘man-down’ and ‘no-movement’ functions, an Ascom system can raise the alarm even when the sender is incapacitated. Accurate positioning is also available. This lets responders locate the origin of an alarm, often with room-level accuracy. Personal alarms can also be integrated with fire, refrigeration and other technical alarms. Moreover, Ascom solutions are open, modular and technology- and vendor-independent. They integrate with virtually all existing infrastructures and third-party systems. And are backed by Ascom’s extensive after-sales services that include training, scheduled maintenance, around-the-clock support and software updates.
Fast facts
- In 2014, an average of 241 retail workers were attacked daily in the UK1
- Direct cost of crime to the UK’s Retail industry was 613m GBP in 2014-152
- The retail trade and service industries account for more than half of workplace homicides and 85% of non-fatal workplace assaults in the US3
References:
2 http://brc.org.uk/media/54300/51309-4_2015_crime_survey_report_p7.pdf
3 The American National Crime Victimization Survey, cited in the ILO new release “Violence on the Job – A Global Problem”, available at: http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_007970/lang--en/index.htm
- In 2014, an average of 241 retail workers were attacked daily in the UK1
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Solution architecture
Architecture description
Ascom staff safety solutions for shopping malls typically integrate infrastructure, mobile handsets and software. These solutions are open and scalable. They interoperate with virtually all existing systems, and can be altered over time to meet your shopping mall’s changing needs.
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