9 Computer software and hardware for use in tracking, locating and monitoring the health and safety of remotely located persons, for displaying information related to the tracking, locating and monitoring of the health and safety of remotely located persons, for enabling users to register persons for the tracking, locating and monitoring the health and safety of remotely located persons through a wireless communication device, and for use in creating and transmitting reports, graphics and maps related to the location, movement and health and safety of remotely located persons; computer software for use by third party emergency response monitoring centres to receive wireless signals from remotely located persons and to transmit location, movement and health and safety data regarding remotely located persons in accordance with pre-established emergency response plans; computer software and hardware for use in tracking, locating and monitoring operating parameters and real time characteristics of vehicles, namely, speed, fuel consumption, mileage, seatbelt engagement, distance between vehicles travelling in a convoy and operating time, for displaying information related to the tracking, locating and monitoring operating parameters and real time characteristics of vehicles, namely, speed, fuel consumption, mileage, seatbelt engagement, distance between vehicles travelling in a convoy, and operating time, for enabling users to register vehicles for tracking, locating and monitoring through wireless communication devices, and for use in creating and transmitting reports, graphics and maps related to the tracking, locating and monitoring operating parameters of vehicles; computer software for use by monitoring centres to receive remote signals from persons, vehicles, mechanized equipment and physical assets, and to implement pre-established emergency response alert notification plans in response to these remote signals; multimodal communication devices, namely, devices for the transmission of signals by cellular, satellite, and wireless networks, for use by people, in vehicles, mechanized equipment and physical assets in order to communicate information related to the location and characteristics of the vehicles, mechanized equipment and physical assets; pendants, namely, electronic pendant fixtures for transmitting wireless signals related to the health, safety and location of persons