Choosing the Best Panic Button for Your Hotel’s Needs

Hotel staff working alone are vulnerable to life threatening emergencies. From heart attacks to irate guests, and even sexual assault, there is no shortage of potentially dangerous scenarios a hotel employee could face while on the clock. To help create a safer workplace, the hospitality industry has widely adopted the implementation of employee safety devices (i.e. panic buttons).

When choosing the best panic button solution for your hotel, there are four key features to look for:

1. Confidential Operation
2. Silent Alarm
3. Instant Activation
4. Verified Response

Confidential Operation

Most people don’t like the idea of having their location tracked during their workday, and many unions make that clear in their collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) as well. That is why you should look for a platform that only tracks a person’s location when they activate an alert during an emergency.

Silent Alarm

Compared to loud alarms or "noise makers," which can be ignored or drowned out by other sounds in the workplace, silent panic buttons are small, wearable, and easily accessible to staff members in case of an emergency. In addition, panic button devices that are silent can be to your staff’s advantage to call for help without alerting the threat that they have assistance on the way.

Instant Activation

A single button activation on a panic button is an important feature to have in your solution. If an employee is being chased down a hallway at max speed, they probably don’t have time to push multiple buttons or go through complicated steps to activate an alert.

Verified Response

Most solutions will send information about the panic button user ID and location details to the security responder contacts via push/email/SMS notification during an active panic button alert. What is preferred is to provide the person who activated the alert a verified response to indicate that the alert was received, and help is on the way. For example, React Mobile’s solutions include LED lights that will change colors, meaning someone has responded to the alert and is going to the specified location.

Keep Your Team Protected with React Mobile’s Panic Button Solutions

React Mobile provides easy-to-use panic button solutions engineered to keep your people safe. Our devices offer real-time location monitoring and quick alert activation, providing peace of mind for both your employees and management.

Book a free demo with us today and take the first step towards a safer workplace: https://www.reactmobile.com/demo-request.