1. An apparatus for providing safety monitoring notifications comprising: a GPS receiver; and firmware configured, at least in part, to: evaluate safety criteria, the safety criteria including at least movement less than a threshold distance in a predetermined time period while an ignition is on; provide a safety monitoring notification responsive to the safety criteria being satisfied; generate a first event message indicating assistance is requested in response to receiving a first input from the user, the first input responsive to the safety monitoring notification and indicating assistance is requested; and generate a second event message indicating that no assistance is requested in response to receiving a second input from the user, the second input responsive to the safety monitoring notification and indicating no assistance is requested; cause transmission of the first event message or the second event message to a data center.