A method of emergency response on a network of Bluetooth low energy (BLE) beacons includes: broadcasting corresponding identification information from each of at least three of the BLE beacons over the BLE network; and receiving a distress message at one of the BLE beacons over the BLE network from a user device that received the broadcasted corresponding identification information from the at least three of the BLE beacons. The method may further include installing the network of the BLE beacons at corresponding dispersed locations over a venue to provide an emergency response network for the venue. The network of BLE beacons may include a master BLE beacon, the method further including retransmitting the distress message by one or more of the BLE beacons over the BLE network until the master BLE beacon receives the distress message, and alerting an emergency response provider by the master BLE beacon.