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Panic Button System for Businesses

Respond to Emergencies with One-Click Alerts

A virtual panic button sends more than 10,000 messages in 1-2 seconds to all employees' devices and can be clicked immediately when an emergency happens.
A virtual panic button that sends unmissable text messages across corporate devices

What is the DeskAlerts virtual panic button?

A panic button is used in a workplace emergency to launch specific actions and notifications. The DeskAlerts virtual notification button works in the same way.

Shortcuts are created in advance and placed on the mobile phone or desktop screen of employees with emergency management responsibilities. Clicking on the shortcut will trigger emergency alerts to be sent to employees’ devices - desktops, laptops, mobiles or digital screens on the company’s premises.

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Act Fast with a Panic Button Alarm System for Emergencies

Use panic button shortcuts to instantly send pre-defined emergency notifications to your staff, reaching thousands of people within seconds.

This emergency panic button system triggers alerts via PC, laptop, tablet, or smartphone and sends notifications that can't be missed. You can use shortcuts to send pop-up alerts, full screen alertsб and scrolling tickers.

Whether you’re dealing with a fire, active threat, or security breach, a silent panic button helps protect people and operations discreetly.

Predesigned panic buttons that send text messages - on laptop and tablet screen views

Prepare Panic Button Alerts in Advance to Save Time During Critical Events

  • Pre-create alerts in your panic button alarm system for business to cover likely emergencies such as fire, intruders, or severe weather.
  • Use color coding to categorize alerts for faster publishing in high-pressure moments.
  • Customize your panic button alert templates with titles, text, evacuation maps, or even video files to guide staff instantly.
  • Choose who receives the alert. If only one floor or location is affected, you can use a panic button that sends a text message or notification to phones, reaching only relevant team members.
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Emergency Panic Button Shortcuts for Corporate Computers

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Set up panic button shortcut as an icon on a desktop that will provide quick access to specific applications or functions.

  • Users can click on it directly from the home screen.
  • Many users are already accustomed to using shortcuts, minimizing the learning curve.
  • Publishers can arrange and manage shortcuts according to their preferences.
  • Requires individual deployment on each computer, which can be difficult for large-scale use.
  • Limited to desktop environments without integration with mobile applications or other platforms.
  • Windows only, desktop only.

Best for businesses needing a local, visual panic button alarm without mobile or cross-platform support.

Integrated Digital Panic Buttons Across Desktop and Mobile

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Pre-created emergency alert buttons appear in a client tray menu, offering a more integrated and flexible solution.

  • Once the client application is deployed, you can add buttons at any time via the publisher's console.
  • Any update or configuration change made on the server is pushed instantly to all clients.
  • Easily identify and manage which users and devices receive specific buttons.
  • Works across desktop and mobile apps, so you have a panic button that sends a notification to a phone or computer.
  • Compatible with Windows and Mac.

Best for businesses that need a scalable, cloud-synced, and flexible panic button system for business emergencies.

DeskAlerts' Panic Button Features

PRIORITY

Priority

Your emergency messages will appear on the employee’s screen, no matter what else they are doing at the time – even if it is locked or on screensaver mode.

TAKE OVER

Take over

Urgent messages can take over the entire computer screen and block the user from being able to do anything else.

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Targeting

Messages can be sent to different audience segments: send to the entire workplace, or to different audience demographics.

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Color codes

Your messages can be sent using different alert border colors depending on the type of emergency and the seriousness of the incident.

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Extended statistics

Receive reports about who has read your messages, how many people reacted to it etc. These statistics are in real time, offering you up-to-the-minute insights.

ACCESS

Role based access

Different employees can receive different content depending on their role within the organization.

TEXT-TO-VOICE

Text-to-voice

A copy of your desktop alert can be sent as a voice message to employees’ phones instead, using the Twilio gateway.

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Scheduling & recurrence

Alerts can be scheduled for specific dates and times and recurring notifications can be sent within patterns that you specify.

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Acknowledgment

You can send messages that require the user to confirm they have read and understood what you have sent so that you can keep them accountable.

Benefits of Using the DeskAlerts' Virtual Panic Button for Business

  • Act faster in an emergency and cope more effectively.
  • Be certain everyone will be aware when an emergency happens.
  • Take control over what is sent out and who receives it during emergencies.

What Our Customers Say About DeskAlerts

"DeskAlerts provided a reliable communications channel, which was proven to be vital in the state of emersgency during terror attack, in the event of usual channels being overloaded and inaccessible."

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Healthcare, Belgium

 

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Communication is not missed anymore

“All departments use DeskAlerts to send communication that would ordinarily be missed via email communication.”
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Accounting, East Africa
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Broadcast information that affects daily work

“DeskAlerts lets us broadcast system information to users. We have placed information monitors in several positions in our building where we broadcast systems alerts and news to share information about system breakdowns or other significant information that can affect peoples’ daily work.”
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Insurance, Denmark
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It is important to have pop-up notifications

“DeskAlerts enabled us to deploy emergency notifications to our employees’ desktops without relying on any of the existing platforms. It was important for us to have a pop-up notification that would be in the user’s face, no matter what they were working on at the time.”
Littelfuse
Electronics

Inside our Use Case Guide to Emergency Alerts for Safety Communications:

  • How to navigate real-world emergencies with actionable scenarios;
  • How to utilize DeskAlerts’ tools effectively during crises;
  • How to enhance team safety and ensure more efficient communications.

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Explore More DeskAlerts Tools To Improve Emergency Communication

Pop-up alerts

Alerts are sent to computer screens and immediately get peoples’ attention, no matter what they are doing, so they can take appropriate action in an emergency situation.

Corporate wallpapers

Default computer desktop backgrounds are replaced with engaging images and raise awareness about what to do in an emergency.

Surveys

Surveys are sent to desktop screens or mobile phones to check in on employees in an emergency: are they faring okay or do they need assistance?

SMS

DeskAlerts can be used as a panic button that sends text messages. All employees can be contacted about the emergency, even if they aren’t in the office or don’t have internet access.

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