BEACON Safe
Business
Only for iPhone
Free · Designed for iPhone
iPhone
BEACON empowers your organization to effectively and efficiently safeguard you and your colleagues. Using proactive communication, direct access to assistance, and rapid response capabilities, it enhances situational awareness and safety in dynamic environments.
BEACON supports you and your organization in managing emergencies with clarity and control, keeping teams informed, streamlining response efforts, and accounting for staff safety.
BEACON acts as a reliable lifeline by supporting organizations in protecting you and fulfilling their duty of care.
The BEACON mobile app:
• Duty of Care: During a crisis, you can notify your organization by using a “panic button”, immediately sending an alert to request assistance.
• Advisories: Keeping you informed with relevant information on emerging threats and critical incidents tailored to where you are.
• Staff Headcounts: Prior to and during an incident, BEACON facilitates headcounts to account for your status and current location, giving you the ability to mark yourself as OK or Not OK.
• Geolocation: You can opt-in to share your location with your organization to enhance situational awareness. It helps with coordinating responses, especially during an incident.
• Instant Messaging: Shortening the lines of communication between you and your organization.
• Structured Reporting: Allowing you to report security risks and incidents to your organization.
BEACON leverages industry standards technologies and methods to always ensure the security of your data.
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- Improved notification token refresh
- Improvements made to onboarding screen UI
The developer, Sheffield Hallam University, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Location
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- User Content
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Sheffield Hallam University
- Size
- 30.5 MB
- Category
- Business
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
- Languages
English and 3 more
- English, Arabic, French, Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Sheffield Hallam University 2025