Safety for every step of the way.
The Duress App transforms your phone into a personal safety device. Check-in to locations, send messages to your team, and activate emergencies, all with a tap.
The Duress App redefines lone worker safety. Designed as a powerful lone worker app, it transforms your phone into a reliable safety device with GPS tracking. Check-in, send team alerts and activate emergency alarms with ease. Stream live video, audio, and location to our 24/7 Emergency Operating Centre. The Duress App keeps lone workers connected, protected and supported—wherever they are.
Platform Compatibility
The Duress App works seamlessly on iPhone and Android devices, requiring iOS 11 or Android 5 and above. No additional hardware is needed—just download and start using.
Quick Deployment
Quick and effortless to set up. All you need is an email address to deploy the Duress App across your lone workers, ensuring instant access to safety features.
Cost-Effective
No extra purchases or hidden fees. The Duress App is a software-only solution, providing powerful safety tools without the need for additional safety devices.
Data Security
Built with data privacy in mind. The Duress App ensures all data is securely encrypted, protecting your team’s information at every step.
More than just a lone worker app, the Duress app turns any smartphone into a 24/7 duress alarm. With real-time alerts and live monitoring, it’s the most advanced safety solution available.
Request police with live video and location.
Request Emergency Services. Click Emergency to stream live video, audio and location directly through to the Duress 24/7 Operations Centre.
Internal Alerts. Your nominated Managers, or all of your team, receive the request on their safety device, or via SMS.
Internal Notifications. In addition to notifying operators, the Duress App alerts other app users and safety devices while also sending an SMS to your nominated contacts.
Turn any phone into a 24/7 duress alarm. Instant emergency response, anytime, anywhere.
Keep everyone in the loop with internal notifications.
Team Assist. Click Team Assist to send a request for assistance to your team, including your live location via GPS tracking on the safety app.
Internal Alerts. Your nominated Managers, or all of your team, receive the request on their safety device, or via SMS.
Real-time response. Enhance real-time response with Duress devices using GPS tracking for live location updates. For room-level accuracy, rely on precise indoor positioning with BLE beacons.
Streamline communication with internal team alerts. Keep everyone informed in real time.
On demand and scheduled safety timers.
Check In. Log your location and set a safety timer, as well as receive safety updates specific to that location.
Safety Timer. When you check in, a safety timer is set. If the timer reaches zero, an alert is sent. Control when you want to extend the timer when necessary.
Auto Check In. If you enable auto check in, your team will automatically be checked in as soon as they arrive at the locations you nominate. On arrival, their safety timer commences. If they don’t leave on time, an alert is raised automatically.
Smart check-ins, zero friction. Easy to use, impossible to ignore.
Pair it with the Duress Phoenix.
Remote Activation
Allows users to fully control the Duress App without touching their phone and will activate your phone from up to 10 meters away, so whether your phone is in your pocket, your bag, or on the other side of the room, Duress Phoenix has you covered.
Interactive Screen
With Duress Phoenix Series 2, the incredible screen allows users to not only activate alerts but also interact with them. Cancel alerts, confirm you are safe, and receive status updates, all in real time.
Real-time Updates
When an alert is activated, it is sent to the nominated people in your team. Those that can assist share their real-time locations, allowing you to coordinate a response in seconds.
Battery Life
Duress Phoenix automatically powers on and off. At the size and weight of a credit card, Duress Phoenix Series 2 features an incredible 12-month battery.
Privacy & Security
Designed to be secure.
Our values lead the way. Duress App was designed to protect you and your team's privacy, keep you in control of your data, and to keep your data secure. Privacy and Safety is the cornerstone of everything we do.
Privacy is built into everything we do. Nobody, including your administrators and managers, even Duress, can see your location unless you activate an alert.
Your device streams live video, audio and location to our 24/7 Operations Centre and Emergency Services, only during an emergency so they can assist.
All data is stored here in Australia, and is encrypted in transit and at rest. Your data never leaves the country, and is accessible only by your nominated admins.
Duress is ISO27001 certified, and all staff have completed extensive background and Police checks.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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No, Duress streams your location only once an emergency has been declared. While an emergency is active, your location updates every 5 seconds. When you request assistance either via a Team Alert or Emergency, your device will ping your location to your nominated contacts.
No, administrators within your organisation cannot see your location unless you have activated an emergency or team alert.
To declare an emergency, click the Emergency Button (red button on the side), which can urgently request police assistance. All Duress Eagles in your team will be notified that an emergency has been activated. Live video, audio, and location data will be sent to our 24/7 A1 Graded Monitoring Centre, where the emergency will be verified and triaged.
Yes, to cancel an alert you can tap the blue button on your screen that says 'Cancel'. To ensure you are ok, the operations centre will also give you a call before closing the monitoring.
Yes, admin users will get access to Pathfinder, the Duress dashboard where all users, alerts and settings can be managed.
Every organisation will receive complementary onboarding training, but you can also access information at any time by visiting knowledge.duress.com or by contacting our local support team.