Panic button systems for the workplace

A panic button system built for what comes next.

Firefly is the wearable panic button and response platform for healthcare, hospitality, education, and property teams. Faster alerts, precise location, and a response that adapts to the incident.

  • Sub-second alert with haptic confirmation
  • Location resolved to the room — without external networks
  • Routes by site, time of day, and incident type
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Why Firefly

Built for the seconds after the press.

A panic button is useful for the first half-second. After that, the quality of the response takes over. Here's what Firefly does differently.

  • Haptic confirmation

    Users feel the alert go through without looking down. No second-guessing in the moment that matters.

  • Independent network

    Runs on Firefly's proprietary mesh. If the building's Wi-Fi or cellular has a bad day, the panic system stays online.

  • Flexible orchestration

    Routes by site, shift, and incident type. Different responses for different emergencies — handled automatically.

  • On- and off-site coverage

    One platform for inside the building and outside it. Medical, security, and equipment incidents — same system.

Where Firefly works

Built for the environments where seconds count.

Firefly is deployed across the high-stakes places staff can't afford a fumbled response — and where every responder has to know exactly where to go.

  • Healthcare worker in scrubs walking down a hospital corridor with a wall-mounted Firefly device.Healthcare

    Hospitals & clinical settings

    Code-grey responses, lone-worker safety, and silent alerts for clinical staff under threat.

  • Hotel manager in a back-of-house service corridor, photographed in black and white.Hospitality

    Hotels & resorts

    Discreet panic protection for housekeepers, front-of-house staff, and back-of-house teams.

  • Campus public safety officer walking down a limestone academic corridor with a wall-mounted Firefly device.Education

    K–12 and higher ed

    Staff-worn alerts for classrooms, dormitories, and academic buildings — with location to the room.

  • Corporate security responder in a dark blazer walking through a modern open-plan office corridor.Property & workplace

    Commercial real estate

    Tenant-staff safety across office towers, multifamily, and mixed-use properties.

How it works

One press. Five things happen, in order.

From the moment the button is pressed to the moment responders arrive, Firefly handles every step automatically.

  1. Step 01

    Alert

    One tap on the wearable initiates an alert with a haptic confirmation on the device.

  2. Step 02

    Locate

    Firefly resolves the position to the floor and room using our proprietary mesh network.

  3. Step 03

    Verify

    The alert is enriched with responder location, the site's response plan, and incident type.

  4. Step 04

    Broadcast

    The right people get the right message — by site, by time of day, by incident type.

  5. Step 05

    Action

    Responders move with a clear instruction set, a live operating picture, and a clean log.

The Firefly demo kit — branded white box with the wearable panic button device inside, alongside a phone showing the dispatch app with a panic-alarm map and officers en route.
The kit

Hardware, mesh, and dispatch — built as one system.

Firefly ships deployment-ready: the wearable button, the proprietary mesh that routes it, and the dispatch app that puts location, identity, and response plan in front of the right people.

Alert to receipt
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Alert to receipt

Location precision
Room

Location precision

Mesh uptime
24/7

Mesh uptime

See it in your environment

How would Firefly route in your building?

Tell us about the site and the incidents you're planning for. A deployment specialist will walk through how Firefly would map to your layout, your shifts, and your existing response plan.

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The Firefly difference

The button is the input.
The response is our product.

Most systems escalate everything the same way. Firefly does not. It can route by site, time of day, incident type, and response plan, with clear feedback to the person who pressed the button and a much cleaner path for the people responding.
Routes by
Site
Hospital, school, hotel, factory floor.
Time of day
Daytime full-staff. Overnight skeleton crew.
Incident type
Medical. Verbal threat. Active aggressor.
Response plan
On-site team. Off-site dispatch. Escalation tree.
Common questions

What deployment teams ask us first.

Talk to a specialist

The first seconds are not the time for guesswork.

Firefly gives teams a faster, clearer path from alert to action. Tell us about your site and we'll show you how it would work in practice.

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