Wigmore, Kent · ME8
Wigmore guide to panic alarm systems
A dedicated alarm function, separate from intruder detection, that can be triggered manually to raise an immediate alert regardless of whether the main system is armed. Below: the parts involved, where it fits, where it stops being the right answer, and how it works out on a server room.
- System type: panic alarm systems
- Service area: burglar alarms
- Applied example: server rooms
Core part
Signalling to a monitoring centre where fitted
Best suited to
Lone workers in isolated parts of a building
Key limitation
It does not replace physical security measures at the point of risk, such as screens or restricted access.
What you are buying
A dedicated alarm function, separate from intruder detection, that can be triggered manually to raise an immediate alert regardless of whether the main system is armed.
Where it falls short
Worth reading before a salesperson tells you otherwise.
- It does not replace physical security measures at the point of risk, such as screens or restricted access.
- A panic button only works if someone reaches it and presses it in time.
The parts involved
- Signalling to a monitoring centre where fitted
- Passes the event on for a response to be arranged.
- Fixed or wireless panic button
- Provides a manual trigger point independent of arming state.
Where we would suggest otherwise
- Wearable panic pendant
- The person at risk moves around the site rather than staying at a fixed point.
Best suited to
- Lone workers in isolated parts of a building
- Households wanting a manual alert option independent of the intruder alarm
Domestic version: a flat
- Tailgating at the communal door
- Any door entry system is only as good as the habit of not holding the door for a stranger, and delivery traffic makes that habit hard to keep.
What it needs from you
Buttons tested regularly as part of routine walk testing, with battery-powered wireless units checked on the standard replacement schedule.
How this works out on a server room
Concentrated, business-critical equipment in a single small space makes server rooms a target for both deliberate sabotage and simple unauthorised tampering that can cause disproportionate disruption.
There the specification tends to start with environmental monitoring for temperature and humidity, server rooms are as vulnerable to environmental failure as to intrusion, and both can cause equally serious disruption.
Local factors in Wigmore
Wigmore work tends to cluster near Wigmore Park and Fairview Avenue shops, where the housing stock is mostly modern wireless-friendly properties and 1970s and 1980s family homes, and that mix decides where cable can run and where detection earns its place.
Wigmore questions we get asked
Wigmore guide to panic alarm systems
Local detail for Wigmore
- Written specification supplied with every quotation
- Takeover and repair of systems installed by others
- Domestic and commercial work handled by the same team
Choose the type before the brand
Ask what happens when this system fails, not just what it does when it works. That answer usually settles the choice.
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