Garmin Incident Detection Forerunner & fenix Setup

Garmin incident detection for the forerunner 245, 45 and other models including the fenix 5 plus and fenix 6 range will alert your emergency contacts if the worst should happen when you are out running. In this how to I demonstrate how it works and show you how to set it up and explain to you exactly what is Garmin Incident detection.
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[@vintage910]

I run mostly at night and I love this feature. Had it set off once when I was at the end of my route and got tripped up on some uneven sidewalk. I was ok but it easily could have been worse. Great safety feature to have on your wrist.

[@shanebow]

Hope there were no severe injuries. Night running is great hey! 💪😎🏃

[@dakotaztribe]

Useful review Shane. Just set up my contacts. Hope you have a good recovery mate.

[@shanebow]

Good to hear Graham. Thanks mate 👍

[@rohandcosta1247]

Wishing you a speedy recovery. Nice video.... That was a good detailed run-through for incident detection

[@shanebow]

Cheers and thanks Rohan. 👍🏃😎

[@topgun8683]

Did you recover well from your injury? Your little girl came into the video , that was cute !

[@testtube1020]

All the best Shane. I encountered the same injury five weeks ago and I was glad that my wife could pick me up since I used the Garmin incident detection. So, get well soon!

[@shanebow]

Maurice, please tell me.... How are you now? I'm really keen to know how I'll be in 5 weeks. Cheers mate 👍🏃😎

[@testtube1020]

@@shanebow Hi Shane, my ankle is still a bit swollen. I have started to run short distances 2-3 Km and at a pace of 6 min. max. My fysiotherapist told me to start exercising (short distances and slow pace). So take your time and just go out for a stroll during the first few weeks and listen to your body. But I know the mind wants to run.

[@shanebow]

Cheers Maurice. Take care

[@TandZAptLife]

Hi Shane. I hope you are back running. I also hope you make some more videos.

[@shanebow]

Thanks so much for that message! Yes I'm back running. I've been so busy with the world of crypto I've not had time for any videos.

[@akbunny5221]

Great video Shane, sincere thanks....!

[@James243a]

Helpful video but could you show what happens when you emergency contact taps on the received coordinates, do they have to have a garmin app on their phone or does it use google maps ?

[@MrBlazeyb]

Sorry, I couldn’t stop laughing at this one, the acting in the 1st part, the daughter at around 07.52, and then the cartoon ankle sent me over the edge. I feel your pain! Seriously though, get well soon. I didn’t bother setting up my incident detection, but after watching this I will. The videos are great as usual, and now you’ve got some spare time it would be great to hear more garmin tips and tricks, reviews etc.

[@shanebow]

Thanks again! Luckily I'm already out running again, taking it easy is not easy. More tips and tricks coming for sure 😎🏃👍

[@aimanaqil47]

very informative video sir, you deserve a like

[@jimbagsh9569]

I actually had it go off when I was pumping up a tire. It was cold so I had a lot of clothes on and it was so difficult to stop the 245 send out it's incident messages to my contact list. My guess is that the fast movement of my arm pumping up the tires set it off. Kind of a bummer. So, I ended up turning it off.

[@olivereyre5379]

Shame you need to start an activity to get it working. I'm about to go for a motorcycle ride now and this is a great feature except to be enabled I need to start a tracking app like cycle or running. Am I correct?

[@g4rymw110]

Another great video, I’ve learnt a few things on my Garmin now thanks to your videos, when you pulled out the galaxy out the pouch I though you meant chocolate bar 😄now that’s my kind of running 😀do you need to take your phone out for this to work as I run with just my forerunner music so I can listen to playlists without having to take the phone with me , thanks , we learn more from you than Garmin itself 👍🏼👍🏼

[@kountedd]

great video, I heard that if you have live tracking activated you do not need your phone with you, Is this true

[@flaviovianna4889]

Shane, if I'm in hiking in a place without cellphone coverage, does it works?

[@ShotgunGuenni]

Thanks for the video man Does the watch do this without the need of having my phone with me?

[@shanebow]

It needs the phone connected unfortunately to send the signal over the network to who ever is your emergency contact

[@ShotgunGuenni]

@@shanebow Thanks, appreciate the answer

[@lcharbon54]

Hi, I have the Garmin Fenix 6x Pro I would like to had incident detection for 3 applications X-country skiing & Snowshoe & Navigate how do I add those 3 ? Thank's fo your help.

[@pauldaniel2527]

Wishing you a speedy recovery, looked sore.

[@shanebow]

Thanks Paul. I'm already seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and walking well with no pain. I will keep my splint on for a bit. Cheers pal 😎🏃👍

[@DavidDolling]

Thanks for sharing. Never had to use it but my wife is always reassured it's there for my big runs. Might give it a similar test to check it's working after looking at your ankle! Get well soon.

[@shanebow]

Cheers David. The irony of the injury whisky making the video bless my mind still 2 weeks later. Take care 👍🏃👍😎

[@minhvu-uz7hp]

Perfect information thank you so muchh 🤩

[@ajitbabu241]

Super Helpful !!👍

[@dirkdevries3876]

My connect app does not provide a menu tab. Is there another way to set this up?

[@PolarAttack]

Holy moly - that’s gotta hurt. Your new tagline could be “I do my own stunts“ - of course I would never show your fall down test video, but you could show your ankle as the end result 😝😝 I set mine up with contacts as part of my initial account setup. At that time it actually sent my three contacts a text message letting them know that I had set them up. Fast forward to a few months ago, I came back from a run in terrible weather and I guess I forgot to stop the run on my watch (Or, it’s always active without being in activity mode) I came up to my porch, took my shoes off and was banging them together to get the mud off the bottoms. I didn’t immediately realize what I had done but I had sent the emergency alert to my 3 contacts. YES all 3 received it and NONE of them checked on me 🤦🏻😢 two of them were still sleeping and my girlfriend figured I was just messing about with my watch. I guess technology can only help so much. Looking forward to your “recovery series“ - coming back from a serious injury😋Take care 👍

[@stelstefan4199]

Got the Garmin Forerunner 245 music and tested the fall detection but not working. I put it on the walking activity and faked a fall many times and waiting 1 min to see if it activates but it doesn't. Why not working?

[@ajitbabu241]

Very useful information video, Shanebow! Thanks!! Which Garmin watch are you wearing for the demo?

[@transistor281]

thanks

[@tdubbs9ner]

You have to an activity thought right? (Running, walking, biking) it's not always on.

[@laurabattle638]

I have a garmin watch for epilepsy but I'm not sure how to use it. I've listed 3 emergency contacts but worn it during seizures and they haven't been alerted. Do I have to download an app or something?

[@1MountainLife]

To my understanding the detection only works during a GPS enabled workout. It doesn't monitor outside of that. I have a family member with the same condition and gave them an Apple Watch Ultra 2 for constant crash and fall detection

[@stelstefan4199]

The fall detection should be active all the time in any cases. Which watch has the best fall detection?

[@shanebow]

Whilsy I understand your viewpoint... I'm not so sure that it should be on all the time. Certain activities could trip it and worry loves ones causing alarm. I think it's important to put the user is complete control over these functions.

[@stelstefan4199]

@@shanebow Accidents can happen at any time so its better to be cautious than sorry.

[@Himlovesrunning]

I am here as many months after owning a forerunner 945, I accidentally triggered it. Initially was worried if it was a spike in heart beat that caused it which was not the case.

[@Wearestillhere306]

Same here it happened to me when i was playing bball

[@jimbagsh9569]

Shane, totally off topic but when I run, about 1-1.5km into the run, my Garmin Forerunner 245 alarms and some screen gives me a number (sometimes -1 to +3). I never have time to just stop and figure out what it is but really curious. Do you know what it is?

[@MrBlazeyb]

Aha, I'm the same. I see mine come up with a big +4 or something, but I've no idea if it's a good +4 or a bad +4.

[@mot.inf.9560]

can it send spo2 and heart rate info?

[@kevinslattery7647]

I'm sure you mentioned this when the watch first came out because I set it up as soon as I got the FR45. Take care of your ankle, that looked really painful.

[@shanebow]

Thanks Again Kevin. It's in a splint now after having an X ray Sunday.

[@tonymadera3603]

So if you go hiking or lost in a forest. You manually send incident detection. Will it give your gps location so help can find you on a map?

[@bruce6rt]

Yes

[@Freedom89984]

I am not running with my heavy iphone. So my 255 doesn’t save me

[@andresgroove]

Alway use it on runs... Even more when i go out very early morning when still dark. Anyway,.. the only annoying thing, whenever u r using the watch on smart watch mode (without GPS), U will need to go again to set up the activity that u want to be covered under this feature, in this case, run activity turns automatically off whenever u turn off gps. Whenever u go for ur activity, turn ON the gps u will need to turn incident detection in that certain activity. A bit of a pain

[@gailchall1597]

I thought the point of smart watch fall detection is you don’t need to have your phone on you. iwatch didn’t work all over my tri-level house if phone wasn’t on me. Watch wouldn’t work at my mailbox without my phone. Supposed to be able to make calls on watch. Concern regarding a fall in the shower or bathroom.

[@red1477]

Sadly not available on the 5X :(

[@reynardtterblanche708]

Hi Shanebow. I am trying to help my wife setup this on t Her Garmin, but where your app says Safety and Tracking, her just says Live Track. No other options. I tried to see if the app is outdated, but it looks updated. Is this feature whatch spesific or maybe phone spesific

[@shanebow]

Hey, what model of watch are you setting up?

[@reynardtterblanche708]

@@shanebow it is the Garmin Fenix 5S.

[@TandZAptLife]

I forgot to say I ran for 5 minutes straight for the fist time. I am 57 years old he just started running about a month ago. Maybe a month-and-a-half.

[@shanebow]

That's a great start. 57 is awesome to hear! Slow and steady. Make sure you're focusing on distance over speed to start with 🥇

[@TandZAptLife]

@@shanebow Okay. What is crypto?

[@gexpe2003]

set up @ 7:50

[@indiwijerathna]

Ohh buddy hope now you are 100% back to business 1 Can this watch call 999, just like Apple watch does in an emergency 2 Has it got contactless payment facilities? Ta

[@MrWhaatay]

1:05 into the video and he hasn't even started yet. Thumbs down for wasting our time and bailed before the end of the video to affect the algorithm.

[@shanebow]

Thanks for the comments. This will definitely help the algorithm more than one person ending the video early. 🙏