How to Activate a Personal Safety Alarm

A Personal Safety Alarm is an emergency tool designed to help you ward off threats and save your life. They can be very effective for a variety of situations, from sexual assault to animal predators.

They can also be used as an identifier for lost belongings.

How to Activate Your Alarm

Most personal safety alarms are activated by either a button press or by the removal of a pin. The button-activated models are similar to a car key fob, while the pin-activated ones can be hooked onto a loop or ring and pulled out, activating the device.

Sound

A good personal alarm should have a very loud siren that’s about 140dB, more than ten times as loud as a human scream and loud enough to make an attacker run away. The siren should have a long range, a half-mile or more, and should echo around the area so that people can hear it.

You should activate your personal alarm as soon as you suspect you are in danger. If you wait too long, it’s unlikely the alarm will work and you could be in real danger of being a victim of crime.

duress button Some states restrict the use of pepper spray or stun guns, so a personal alarm is a good legal alternative for women to help protect themselves from dangerous situations. You should also consider having a backup in case the alarm doesn’t work.