What is Welfare check?
A welfare check is a scheduled confirmation that a lone-working guard is safe, requiring the guard to actively respond within a set window so that no response automatically triggers escalation.
Also called: check-in call, deadman check, safety check.
How do welfare checks work?
At a fixed interval, commonly every 30 or 60 minutes on high-risk posts, the guard must confirm they are fine. The critical design detail is that the check is positive: the guard has to do something. A system where the guard only calls if there is a problem cannot distinguish a quiet shift from an unconscious guard.
A missed check should escalate on a defined ladder: call the guard, call the guard again, contact the site, then dispatch someone or notify emergency services. The ladder belongs in the post orders so the person on the other end is not improvising at 3am.
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Proving this on your own sites
GuardOps captures GPS-verified clock-ins, DAR and incident reports, and patrol checkpoints, then exports the record as client-ready proof.