Intro: The Fish and Wildlife Department manages vast stretches of wilderness, including remote forests, mountains, and waterways. Officers are often deployed alone to enforce wildlife regulations, monitor illegal activities, and assist in search and rescue operations. These environments are notoriously rugged, with limited cellular coverage and high operational risks.

Challenge: Limited Connectivity: Officers patrolling remote areas frequently lost contact with dispatch and fellow officers.

Officer Safety: Solo field operations heightened safety risks, with delayed emergency response due to poor visibility into officer location and status. 

Operational Oversight: The department lacked real-time tracking and reliable check-in systems, making it difficult to coordinate resources and respond to incidents swiftly.

Communication Gaps: Voice radios were often out of range, and satellite phones were costly and cumbersome to manage.

Solution: The EVERYWHERE Platform provided near real-time tracking, 2-way communications and Global Team SOS via the Iridium satellite network.

EVERYWHERE Hub: A centralized command dashboard providing real-time visibility of officer locations, geofencing alerts, and two-way messaging.

EVERYWHERE App: Deployed on officers’ smartphones, enabling SOS alerts, periodic check-ins, and seamless switching between satellite and cellular networks.

Garmin Devices: Lightweight, rugged satellite communicators issued to officers for reliable connectivity in the most remote areas.