Duress alarm systems are sometimes referred to as panic buttons or wireless duress alarms or wireless panic buttons. In commercial applications there is often a need to protect employees and staff from assault or other hazards including environmental concerns. In residential applications, persons at risk from falls or other medical problems can benefit from using a duress alarm or panic button to signal for help.

This device is a straightforward and inexpensive push button to signal an emergency. It uses the smarts of modern day phone systems to alert any number of people on duty of the duress situation.

Panic buttons for duress alarm systems can be worn as a belt clip, with a neck lanyard or with a wrist band. The belt clip is used normally for employee and staff duress alarm systems. A neck lanyard or wrist band is often used for the elderly and for medical alert.

Duress alarm systems can provide notification in a variety of ways. Larger systems will have a computer, usually a PC that intercepts and processes alarms. Duress alarms can then be displayed on a monitor and a variety of other actions can be taken. The central computer can make an announcement over the facility hand held radios, pagers or telephones so that the proper security personnel are notified. Smaller systems are available for commercial applications that do not use a computer but they will be limited in the number of duress alarm panic buttons they can accommodate and also in the methods of alarm notification that are available.

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