--- title: How your radio could save your life description: Learn about activating the 'Lifeguard' feature on your radio to keep you safe on a lone patrol. image: http://www.securelandcommunications.com/hubfs/A_Keytouch_2017/_L3J2491.jpg --- - follow us - - [![keytouch-logo-1.png](http://www.securelandcommunications.com/hubfs/Keytouch_2017/keytouch-logo-1.png "keytouch-logo-1.png")](https://www.keytouch.online/) - [Topics](https://www.keytouch.online/stories) - [Archive](https://www.keytouch.online/magazine) - [About us](https://www.keytouch.online/about-us) - [Contact](https://securelandcommunications.hubspotpagebuilder.com/contact-us) - [Home](https://www.keytouch.online) - Topics [Featured solutions](https://www.keytouch.online/stories/topic/featured-solutions) # How your radio could save your life It’s a dark night and you’re on patrol alone, walking down a deserted alley in a neighborhood with a bad reputation. You wish there was someone with you to help if something bad happens. ### Share [mailto:?&subject=How%20your%20radio%20could%20save%20your%20life&body=https://www.keytouch.online/stories/how-your-radio-could-save-your-life](mailto:?&subject=How%20your%20radio%20could%20save%20your%20life&body=https://www.keytouch.online/stories/how-your-radio-could-save-your-life) Yet, you do have a trusted partner by your side, in the form of your radio and its advanced ‘man down’ feature known as Lifeguard. ## Lifeguard Activating the [Lifeguard feature](https://www.securelandcommunications.com/lifeguard-advanced-man-down) sends a status message to a predefined destination, like a dispatcher. This alerts the dispatcher that you are working in a situation with increased risk and may call for help. Lifeguard is then in self-controlling mode and if your radio stops moving or remains horizontal for too long, the radio initiates a "local alert" - it starts vibrating and the display blinks. ![_L3J2491.jpg](http://www.securelandcommunications.com/hubfs/A_Keytouch_2017/stories-imgs/_L3J2491.jpg) If everything is fine, you can just acknowledge the alert. But if you cannot respond the radio automatically makes an emergency call, sending GPS coordinates and emitting a tone to guide rescuers. All this is done by your [TPH900 Tetrapol radio](https://www.securelandcommunications.com/tph900-tetrapol-radio), your [TH1n TETRA radio](http://www.th1n.online), or any of the THR9-series radios to keep you safe in the field. One day it could really save your life - don’t accept anything less. 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