News: Identicom mobile keeps Great North Run participants safe

Identicom mobile Lone Worker Protection from Connexion2 in Dinnington helped to ensure that everything ran smoothly at the world's most popular half-marathon last month.

Nova International, organisers of the Bupa Great North Run and other UK and overseas Great Run events, helped manage both the location and safety of its personnel by using Identicom mobile in conjunction with the Connexion2's Online Tracking Application.


Designed for use on a Blackberry smart-phone, Identicom Mobile enabled Nova International to locate key members of staff, in near-real time, which helped the company with planning, communication and the co-ordination of other members of staff on race day.

Nova International used a total of six Identicom Mobiles to track the last four baggage buses and the two outriders who led the on course cavalcade pre-event. Monitoring the buses and outriders was undertaken from the race's central headquarters.

Charlie Mussett, Senior Operations Manager at Nova International said: "The Identicom mobile application easily configured with our Blackberry devices and was easy to operate.

"They enabled us to view, in real-time, the progress of the outriders and helped us track the last baggage buses, thereby assuring us they would safely reach the finish of the race in good time to meet competitors."

With 54,000 runners, the race through Newcastle and Gateshead was the 30th anniversary of the event.

Identicom mobile, builds on the success of Connexion2's Identicom system and can be installed on to a lone worker's Blackberry device enabling them to obtain the necessary help if they become a victim of verbal abuse, attack or they feel their safety could be compromised.

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