Description:
Brodhead Elderly Emergency Monitoring System (BEEMS)
Started by the Brodhead Police Department in October of 1995, to better serve members of our aging or disabled community, the BEEMS program was modeled after companies who offer similar personal emergency response and home medical alert systems. Just like these other companies, the BEEMS program allows our members to remotely summons Brodhead Police, Fire and/or EMS, in an emergency, at the touch of button.
However, unlike these other companies, there is no “middle person”. Once our members activate their BEEMS unit, they are connected directly to the Brodhead Police Department’s 9-1-1 Dispatch Center. Thus, the time it takes to get emergency personnel to our members is greatly reduced.
Next, Members must have a landline (aka regular phone line) through Frontier or Spectrum (aka Charter). Sorry, the BEEMS program currently cannot accept Members who only use a cellphone.
See the website for additional details.