A method for providing a safety alert in a location-based social network system, the system comprising at least one User Equipment, a user of the User Equipment being a member of at least one location-based social network being associated with a locality and a resource device, the Resources Device comprising a controller, a memory, a communication interface and a sensor device, the method comprising: the User Equipment receiving safety-related information associated with the location-based social network, wherein safety-related information is information pertaining to posts, notifications, alerts, events, accidents, crises, attacks, medical emergencies, protests, surveillance, alarm statuses and/or other events involving safety or security equipment; displaying the safety-related information; receiving a selection of the Resource Device and in response thereto receiving data, the data including sensor readings, from the Resource Device and displaying the data of the Resource Device; providing at least one selectable user alert action, wherein at least one user alert action is based on the received data of the Resource Device; receiving a selection of a user alert action; and executing the user alert action, wherein the user alert action is sending an alert or posting a notification through a transmission to at least one other member of the location-based social network, wherein the method further comprises enabling the User Equipment to be a member of the location-based social network by comparing a locality of the User Equipment to the locality of the location-based social network, and if the User Equipment is assigned a membership status, the User Equipment is assigned rights to the information of the location-based social network and to the data of the Resource Device of the location-based social network, and wherein the method comprises the User Equipment entering a first locality, the first locality being associated with a first location-based social network whereby the user of the User Equipment becomes a member of the first location-based social network and is given access rights to the Resource Device of the first location-based social network, the User Equipment leaving the first locality whereby the user of the User Equipment is no longer a member of the first location-based social network, and the User Equipment entering a second locality, the second locality being associated with a second location-based social network whereby the user of the User Equipment becomes a member of the second location-based social network and is given access rights to the Resource Device of the second location-based social network. the User Equipment receiving safety-related information associated with the location-based social network, wherein safety-related information is information pertaining to posts, notifications, alerts, events, accidents, crises, attacks, medical emergencies, protests, surveillance, alarm statuses and/or other events involving safety or security equipment; displaying the safety-related information; receiving a selection of the Resource Device and in response thereto receiving data, the data including sensor readings, from the Resource Device and displaying the data of the Resource Device; providing at least one selectable user alert action, wherein at least one user alert action is based on the received data of the Resource Device; receiving a selection of a user alert action; and executing the user alert action, wherein the user alert action is sending an alert or posting a notification through a transmission to at least one other member of the location-based social network, wherein the method further comprises enabling the User Equipment to be a member of the location-based social network by comparing a locality of the User Equipment to the locality of the location-based social network, and if the User Equipment is assigned a membership status, the User Equipment is assigned rights to the information of the location-based social network and to the data of the Resource Device of the location-based social network, and wherein the method comprises the User Equipment entering a first locality, the first locality being associated with a first location-based social network whereby the user of the User Equipment becomes a member of the first location-based social network and is given access rights to the Resource Device of the first location-based social network, the User Equipment leaving the first locality whereby the user of the User Equipment is no longer a member of the first location-based social network, and the User Equipment entering a second locality, the second locality being associated with a second location-based social network whereby the user of the User Equipment becomes a member of the second location-based social network and is given access rights to the Resource Device of the second location-based social network.