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At SafeTrx, every new feature we develop is focused on the people who need it most. This month we listened to our existing customers and have delivered features they need to both enjoy their sport and most importantly to stay safe. This month’s new features: Improved Location Tracking  We’ve worked closely with Sony to improve the performance of the GPS locations in the watch. There are three significant improvements:  SafeTrx Active that now compares favourably with all other stand-alone watches on the market. This means the watch will start to record location within 10-20 seconds now.  We can pinpoint your position with a greater degree of certainty than ever before.  Improved sensitivity means that the watch is less likely to see temporary loss of position …

Kitemana is now a premium reseller of SafeTrx Active. If you’re living in The Netherlands you can buy the watch at the Kitemana shop in Katwijk or on the Kitemana Online Store (https://www.kitemana.com/safetrx/safetrx-active-watch-96075).

We are delighted to announce the release of SafeTrx Active BRU2. This update has been applied to our cloud servers and all existing customers will see the new features reflected in the day to day use of the SafeTrx Active watch and the SafeTrx Active web app.New or changed features: Trim Activity Sessions As well as being able to edit the activity type and delete your activities, we’ve now added the ability to trim the start and end of your sessions in the SafeTrx Active Web App. This feature allows you to remove any time spent preparing or wrapping up at the end of a session. As well as keeping your track nice and neat, trimming a session will also remove all that data from …

8 West are delighted to announce that the SafeTrx Active track and alert wearable is now available in Norway. Working with our partner, Redningsselskapet (RS) – the Norwegian Sea Rescue Service, we will be rolling out a service which provides safety cover on land as well as on sea SafeTrx Active is a purpose-built personal emergency search and rescue system for open water and outdoor sports enthusiasts which has been designed in very close co-operation with the leading Search and Rescue (SAR) organisations in the world. Recognising that a small, lightweight, long range, water resistant, wearable tracking and communications device was a requirement for the wet watersports sector, 8 West worked with its SAR partners to build such a solution. Martin Fuhr Bolstad, acting Secretary …

The world’s first rescue of a wing surfer who was wearing a SafeTrx Active on the #mSafety wearable from Sony Network Communications Europe. He was able to send an alert while surviving in the cold North sea. Finally he was saved by members of surfclub Jumpteam Scheveningen and with the professional support of the Dutch Coastguard and the KNRM.

On Saturday 20th November, Darren Zimmerman, the station commander of National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Simonstown, reported the NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) received a SafeTrx emergency alert from a surf skier off-shore of Simonstown indicating an emergency from a local surf skier. NSRI EOC made a phone call to the surf skier who confirmed that he needed urgent assistance. NSRI coast watchers were alerted and they immediately got “eyes on” the surf skier in distress. The sea rescue craft ‘Donna Nicholas’ was diverted from another call out and was directed to the position reported on the SafeTrx emergency alert. The sea rescue craft Donna Nicholas arrived at the surfski incident finding a local 15 year old male had abandoned his surfski after falling out …