Assigning Rafts to Emergency Categories

Assigning Rafts to Emergency Categories

Each Raft action — water sensor trigger, Fall Alert, and manual button press — is mapped to an emergency category that controls how the system responds when that action is detected. Reviewing and confirming these mappings is an important administrative step before go-live and after any changes to your emergency response plan.


Viewing your current configuration

Go to Settings > Configure > Rescue Actions in the dashboard. You will see a row for each Raft action with a dropdown showing its currently assigned category:

  • Wearable — Water Alert
  • Wearable — Fallen Alert
  • Wearable — Button Alert

Each dropdown pulls from the categories configured in the Notify Categories tab (or Categories tab if your organization does not use STOPit Notify).


Changing a category assignment

On the Rescue Actions tab, click the dropdown next to any Raft action and select the appropriate category. Changes take effect immediately — no save button is required for the action mapping itself.

If you need to create a new category first: do that in STOPit Notify and then return to the Rescue Actions tab to assign it. If your organization does not use STOPit Notify, create the category directly in the Categories tab under Settings > Configure.


If you use STOPit Notify

Emergency categories and their behavior — who gets notified, whether 911 is contacted — are configured within STOPit Notify and reflected in the Rescue Dashboard. Changes to category behavior should be made in the Notify admin console. Click the STOPit Notify link in the left sidebar of the dashboard to open it directly.

If you are unsure how your current categories are configured or want to review your emergency response plan, contact support@punchrescue.com.


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