The Rescue Raft is a wrist-worn wearable designed specifically for lifeguards and aquatics staff. It is the trigger device in your aquatic emergency response system — the device that detects and initiates an alert when something goes wrong in or around the water.

Unlike Rescue Cards, which require a staff member to press a button, the Raft is built to detect emergencies automatically. Lifeguards wear it on their wrist during every shift, and the device monitors for submersion and fall events without any action required.

What the Raft does

• Automatic Water Alert — recessed water sensors detect submersion and trigger an emergency immediately, without any button press
• Automatic Fall Alert — an integrated accelerometer detects a rapid drop event; if that drop is followed by a complete loss of signal, the system declares a Fall Alert as a backup to the water sensor
• Manual button — the lifeguard can press the button at any time to manually trigger an alert — for a visible emergency on the pool deck, a medical situation, or any moment when immediate help is needed

When an alert is triggered, the signal travels over LoRa radio to the Alert Station, which activates your facility's audible alarms and strobe lights and transmits the alert to your designated responders and/or your local 911 department.

What the Raft does not do

Rafts are not assigned to individual lifeguards. Any lifeguard can pick up any available Raft from the dock at the start of their shift. Because of this, emergency logs will show the Raft's device name rather than a person's name. You can use a descriptive naming convention (by pool zone or dock position, for example) to make logs easier to read. 

Hardware overview

• Wrist-worn wearable, worn by lifeguards during every active shift
• Rechargeable internal battery — approximately 2-day life per full charge
• Charges via 4-slot USB-C docking station
• Communicates over LoRa radio — independent of Wi-Fi
• LED on the top of the device only; not customizable
• Water-resistant; designed for aquatic environments