Duress alarm software for Australian workplaces, a silent button on every screen.
Every computer shows the alert instantly, routed through a small app on a PC you already leave on. No server hardware. Duress Alert runs on any Windows PC you already leave on, your reception or practice-management machine is perfect. Alerts travel over your own network, so they keep working even when the internet is down. From A$299/year.
No credit card required for the trial. No additional hardware needed. No IT needed, as long as you have appropriate rights.
The moment a colleague responds, the person who raised the alert sees their button turn orange, they know help is coming before it arrives.
Add a physical button where it helps, from A$25 plus delivery. Unlike a hardwired button, Duress Alert warns you on screen the moment a button is unplugged, and confirms when it’s back, so you never discover a dead button during an emergency. And if a button ever fails, staff can still raise the alert from the screen, tray icon or hotkey.
Under WHS law in every Australian state and territory, employers must provide a safe workplace so far as is reasonably practicable, and a duress alarm is a recognised control for occupational violence. Duress Alert’s dated raise → respond → reset history is evidence you can table.
For your IT provider
Your IT person (or ours) can push Duress Alert to every computer automatically, silent-install MSIs generated by the server with your configuration baked in, central management of every setting, and support for shared/remote desktops (RDS) and Mac. Client-to-server traffic stays on your local network (default TCP 8001); only the server talks to the cloud, over HTTPS, for licensing and reporting. Have an IT team, multiple sites, or shared/remote desktops? See our IT deployment page, silent installs, central configuration and rollout at any scale.
“We had three separate incidents involving aggression toward our GPs within a few months. Since installing Duress Alert, staff have used it to defuse situations before they escalated.”
Liz Baker, Practice Manager, Perth WA
“Our receptionist hit the fixed button under the desk during a confrontation, and found out later it was broken. With Duress Alert she knows: if it’s green, we can see her.”
Sally Anderton, Legal Practice, VIC
Duress Alert was built inside Australian general practice. IT4GP has supported GP clinics for more than 15 years, the duress button came from watching what actually happens at reception, not from a security catalogue.
Pricing
Team Safe
Group Safe
Corporate Safe
Multi Site Safe
One-off install A$99, includes training and 12 months of support.
Prices exclude GST. Local taxes are added where they apply.
Start your free 21-day trial, covering up to 25 computers. Configure it and roll it out across your site, at no cost. The trial itself is free. If you go ahead afterwards, we can set it up with you for a one-off A$99. When you move from the trial to a full licence there is no extra effort, everything you have set up simply keeps running. No payment details to start, and you can cancel anytime.
Prices in AUD. In the UK, USA, Canada or Europe? See local pricing: UK · USA · Canada · Europe.
Is a duress alarm the same as a panic button?
In Australia, “duress alarm”, “duress button” and “panic button” are used interchangeably. Duress Alert is the same product whichever term your policy uses.
Tell us about your site.
Tell us your team size and setting, and we’ll show you how Duress Alert works on your own desks and what a rollout looks like. We get back to you quickly.
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Questions? +61 1300 366 911 (Australia).
