One tap. Instant help.

Keeping families connected.

FamilyBeacon gives a parent or caregiver a simple way to connect an NFC tag to the emergency information they choose to share. Put the tag on a backpack, school bag, travel bag, lanyard, or another everyday item. If help is needed, a person with a compatible NFC-enabled phone can tap the tag and open the current emergency profile in the phone's browser. No FamilyBeacon app is required.

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FamilyBeacon — Keeping Families Connected

From backpack to phone

How FamilyBeacon works

The tag is only the doorway. Your FamilyBeacon account holds the current profile, and the same physical tag keeps opening that profile after you update approved information.

Create the profile

YOUR ACCOUNT

Create the emergency profile

Add the family member and the information a helper may need, such as emergency contacts, allergies, medications, medical conditions, care notes, and other details you choose. Privacy switches let you decide which supported fields are meant to appear on the public emergency page.

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ATTACH THE TAG

Put the NFC tag on the backpack

The FamilyBeacon tag is programmed with the permanent profile URL and attached to a backpack, school bag, travel bag, lanyard, or another item they carry. The physical tag does not store the full medical profile; it points the phone to the current FamilyBeacon page.

FAMILYBEACON

ALLERGYPeanut allergy

CONTACTParent / Caregiver

Tap to call

CARE NOTEImportant instructions

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Hold the phone near the NFC tag → emergency page opens

Tap the tag with a phone

A helper holds a compatible NFC-enabled phone near the tag. The phone opens the FamilyBeacon emergency page in its browser. The helper can review the information you chose to share and use the available contact options without installing an app or signing in.

FAMILYBEACON EMERGENCY PROFILE

Maya J.

Please contact my family if I need help.

IMPORTANT ALLERGYSevere peanut allergy

PRIMARY CONTACTJordan · Parent

☎ Tap to call primary contact

MEDICATION / CARE NOTEEmergency medication is in the front pocket.

ADDITIONAL CONTACTSecond approved family contact

Example of the type of information a helper can see on a phone.

What appears on the phone

The right information,
when it is needed.

After the NFC tag is tapped, the phone opens the FamilyBeacon emergency profile. The helper can quickly review the information you chose to share, identify important allergies or care instructions, and reach an approved emergency contact.

✓ Emergency contact information and tap-to-call access
✓ Important allergies, medications, conditions, and care notes you choose to share
✓ Profile updates can appear without replacing the physical NFC tag
✓ Home address is hidden by default on new profiles unless you deliberately enable it
✓ No FamilyBeacon app or helper login is required for the emergency page

Your FamilyBeacon account is free.No monthly subscription is required to create and update your family profile.

Privacy & security

Designed to share only what you choose.

FamilyBeacon is built around a public emergency page and a private account area. The goal is to make important information reachable during an emergency without turning the rest of the account into a public profile.

Important: anyone who physically has access to an active tag can open its public emergency page. Only place information on that page that you are comfortable making available to a helper who taps the tag.

Private account sessionsParent and admin areas require authenticated sessions, and password resets invalidate previously signed-in FamilyBeacon sessions.

Safer password recoveryPassword reset links are one-time, hashed on the server, expire after 30 minutes, and are rate-limited.

Reduced scan trackingFamilyBeacon no longer retains full visitor IP addresses for tag scans, and old device/browser metadata is removed on a retention schedule.

Public-page privacy controlsEmergency pages are marked not to be indexed by search engines and are sent with no-cache/no-referrer protections.

Protected server filesDatabase, runtime-secret, environment, Git, and server-source paths are blocked from public static access and guarded against accidental recommits.

Controlled profile fieldsSupported profile fields have visibility controls, with home address hidden by default for new profiles.

Ready when they need it

Set up your FamilyBeacon.

Create your free account, add the information you want available, and connect your Beacon when your tag is ready.

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