Vygard Forestry
Chainsaw kickback SOS, BS 8484
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
Vygard Forestry is the lone-worker safety platform built for chainsaw operators, tree surgeons and forestry contractors working alone in the woods.
CHAINSAW KICKBACK AUTO-DETECT (Apple Watch)
Turn on Chainsaw Mode and your Apple Watch listens for the chainsaw vibration signature, then watches for the violent jerk a kickback produces. If you don't dismiss the 3-second haptic alert, Vygard fires the full SOS escalation cascade — push, SMS, WhatsApp, voice — to your duty manager, ARC partner, and the nearest available responder ranked by distance and role.
Works two ways:
• PAIRED MODE — Apple Watch + Vygard Forestry iPhone app. Watch sends events via the phone, phone routes to dispatch. Watch face shows who's signed in, shift state, and inbound alerts.
• STANDALONE MODE — cellular Apple Watch posts directly to the Vygard API when your phone is out of range. Solo crews working a remote felling site can leave the phone in the truck.
FORESTRY-SPECIFIC SAFETY
• Pre-shift toolbox talk acknowledgements
• Chainsaw + brush-cutter + climbing + chipper PPE checks
• What3words location every check-in
• Buddy map across crews on the same job
• HSE-ready audit log, HMAC-signed for tribunal evidence
DISPATCHER + DUTY MANAGER
• Live worker map with cell-tower fallback when GPS drops
• AI-ranked nearest responder dispatch on every SOS
• Multi-channel cascade (push → SMS → WhatsApp → voice) with ack tracking
• 14-day free trial, no card required to start
STANDARDS
• BS 8484 (Lone Worker Devices)
• FISA 304 (Lone Working in Forestry)
• HSE INDG73 (Working alone)
• GDPR / UK DPA compliant
AVAILABLE TO ANY FORESTRY BUSINESS
Vygard Forestry is a commercial subscription service open to any forestry, arboriculture or land-management business — not a single company. Start a free 14-day trial at https://vygard.com/sectors/forestry: self-serve, no card required, no invitation needed. Once your business has an account you sign in here and add your lone workers. Subscriptions are billed online per worker — there are no in-app purchases.
SUPPORT
hello@vygard.com — UK support 9-5 Mon-Fri, on-call escalation 24/7 for paying customers.
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New: off-grid safety. Lose signal and your SOS still counts — the alert and your last location are saved on the device and sent automatically the moment coverage returns, timestamped for the audit log.
The developer, Take 2 Technology Ltd, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Take 2 Technology Ltd
- Size
- 1.6 MB
- Category
- Business
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 10.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Vygard Ltd