Device and system for alerting caregivers to a child abandoned in a potentially dangerous environment

A system for alerting a caregiver of a child that the child has been unintentionally or recklessly abandoned, with the intention of preventing harm to the child, the system comprising:

• a child presence detecting device having a Bluetooth Low Energy beacon, the child presence detecting device being configured to transmit a signal using the Bluetooth Low Energy beacon only when a child is detected as being present in a location;
• a central server;
• and
• a local mobile device configured to receive and interpret the signal provided by the Bluetooth Low Energy beacon of the child presence detecting device, and configured to generate a local alert when a signal strength of the signal becomes lower than a threshold, the local alert being for alerting a caregiver carrying the local mobile device that the child has been unintentionally or recklessly abandoned, the local mobile device also being configured to send a remote alert via an internet connection to the central server, the central server being configured to communicate the remote alert to at least one remote mobile device via a respective individual internet connection,
• wherein multiple local mobile devices are configured to continuously monitor their own distance to a respective child presence detecting device, each local mobile device being configured to use an individual Internet connection to relay a respective remote alert via the central server that is configured to communicate with at least one remote mobile device via a respective individual internet connection.