As gas detectors become more sophisticated, and interconnectivity between devices increases, the benefits of using gas safety portals and viewing fleet insights increase dramatically. These portals have become a very useful tool and one that every manager who works with gas safety assets should add to their gas safety arsenal.

Portals are a type of web-based platform that collects information from a range of sources, collating and presenting them to the reader. Currently, Blackline’s online portal is a favourite in the gas safety community, but rising star WatchGas is currently in the process of making its own app.

Once you’ve paired all your gas detectors up to a portal, you can look at insights and data from across your workforce, as long as their devices have connectivity.

As such, there are a range of benefits that you’ll get if you start utilising portals to monitor your fleet and check fleet insights.

Team Safety

An obvious benefit of being able to monitor your devices from one place is that you can ensure that your team is operating safely and that their working environments are suitable for work.

Furthermore, you can preemptively check device health and performance statistics to ensure your workers aren’t left in a position where their gas detectors aren’t functioning properly, putting them in danger.

Some devices are even able to detect incidents like falls, missed check-ins and more, all of which are beamed back to the fleet manager so they can send help or resolve the situation.

Compliance

Monitoring gas detection assets remotely also allows you to double-check your team’s progress and ensure they are following protocols and remaining compliant with gas safety regulations.

With data such as gas levels sent directly to the portal, you can follow up with employees about units that aren’t logging data and make sure they are using their devices properly. Additionally, with their location available, you can check in with workers to ensure that jobs are being completed within sensible time frames.

Health and Safety managers can also use this data when logging incidents, as these portals make it easy to search for and isolate any particular pieces of data you might need.

Easing Workloads

Utilising portals and fleet insights also helps lighten your workload and remove some of the hassles from your workday.

By inputting any relevant data into their devices, the information can be with you near instantaneously, which makes completing reports and compiling data much, much easier. Every usage session, from bump tests and calibrations to gas exposures, is automatically recorded and relayed to the portal.

You’re able to get a complete and comprehensive view of your workforce as well as your ongoing and completed project to ensure that you’re on top of things and running efficiently at all times.

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If you’re looking to assemble a more connected fleet, Point Safety’s inventory features a wealth of devices that offer great connectivity and are perfect for keeping track of your workforce when they’re out in the field.

Get in touch with our expert team and they’ll help you decide which option is best for you