Developed by Dimonoff in collaboration with Siemens, CitySafe delivers simultaneous audio and visual emergency alerts to anyone within sight or earshot of a beacon, using the streetlight network as its mounting infrastructure.
Features
- Simultaneous audio and visual alerts, with verbal broadcasts describing the nature of the threat
- Color-coded lights for accessibility, including for the hearing-impaired
- Weather and emergency alerts relayed from public safety agencies
- Mesh-connected redundancy: no dependency on a central server
- Runs on the same Gateway G3+ and RME nodes as the rest of the lighting network
Use cases
- Emergency alerts in disaster-prone areas
- Severe weather notification, including for residents without internet access
- Street safety, integrated with FEMA, FCC, DHS and National Weather Service alert feeds
A 2021 University of Chicago Crime Lab / NBER randomized trial of NYC public housing lighting found a 36% reduction in nighttime outdoor index crime — the case for adding beacons to an existing streetlight network, not a Dimonoff-specific figure. Source: crimelab.uchicago.edu.