Backpack system with integrated health and physical safety components

A backpack system, comprising:

• a main body having a front surface, a back surface, a top end, a bottom end, a pair of sides and an interior space;
• at least one pocket that is disposed along the main body,
• said pocket having a shape and size that is complementary to a box of disposable masks removably inserted within said pocket such that an open top end is in open communication with an elongated slit that runs from said open top end of said pocket toward a closed bottom end, wherein a wire nose guide portion of each disposable mask is undeformed by removal through said structurally aligned elongated slit in said pocket;
• a camera that is disposed along the main body;
• a speaker that is disposed along the main body;
• a microphone that is disposed along the main body;
• a controller that is in communication with each of the camera, the speaker and the microphone, said controller including a wireless communication unit having one or more transceivers in two-way communication with external devices.