A method of beach safety comprising the steps of:
- establishing at least one central command tower (CCT) at a beach whereby said CCT is in the form of a structure or building operable to house electronic components, and said CCT comprising at least one of a warning light and audio generator operable to alert beachgoers of beach conditions using one or more of light and sound, and said CCT comprising a beach monitoring module having a central processing unit within said beach monitoring module operable to process and initiate a response to beach condition data and emergency signals, and said CCT comprising a power input module operable to control use and distribution of power received from one or more of an external power source, solar collector, and internal batteries, and said CCT comprising an input/output module having an actuated switching element within said input/output module operable to electrically couple electronic components in said CCT, and said CCT comprising at least one of an emergency button and a life ring handle detector, and said CCT comprising at least one of a network router and gateway mux operable to facilitate message traffic and funnel multiple device signals to a single point, and said CCT comprising a wireless wide area network (WWAN) gateway for wireless communication to 911 dispatch;
- establishing at least one zone emergency tower (ZET) spaced from said CCT at said beach front whereby said zone emergency tower is in the form of an elongate tower post configured to be secured upright in relation to the ground and operable to house electronic components, and said ZET comprising at least one of a warning light and audio generator operable to alert beachgoers of beach conditions using one or more of lights and sounds, and said ZET comprising a power input module operable to control use and distribution of power received from one or more of an external power source and internal batteries, and said ZET comprising an input/output module operable to electrically couple electronic components in said ZET, and said ZET comprising at least one of an emergency button and a life ring handle detector, and said ZET comprising a control module comprising a central processing unit containing the device's application firmware, and said ZET comprising at least one or more of a short range private network (SRPN) and long range private network (LRPN) operable for communicating with beach devices;
- establishing communication between the at least one CCT and the at least one ZET through a network;
- establishing communication between the CCT and the National Weather Service;
- and,
- wherein activation of at least one of said CCT and ZET emergency buttons alerts emergency personnel via signals sent through said input/output module.