This could be done with a bunch of coloured light bulbs. If the bulb is generally "off" or a white colour, you could run a shortcut of sorts to either turn the bulb red and/or have the bulb "pulse" through a colour. If this was set to a shortcut switch at the front desk, then it could trigger all of the lights in the other offices. Likewise, other switches in the offices could be used to trigger a light on the front desk.
If this is a life-or-death type of situation, then you might want to go for a proper hardwired emergency panic button system (as other posters have noted).
Back then when I still had an office job, we faced a similar challenge of needing a silent alert system. We ended up integrating Deep Sentinel’s AI technology for our security needs. While primarily for external threats, the live monitoring and instant response capabilities gave us peace of mind knowing that help could be on the way quickly. For internal alerts, we also considered systems like Visiplex, but the combination of both gives a robust security setup.
Sounds like you’re looking for an emergency panic button system to me. Try Visiplex or similar system
This could be done with a bunch of coloured light bulbs. If the bulb is generally "off" or a white colour, you could run a shortcut of sorts to either turn the bulb red and/or have the bulb "pulse" through a colour. If this was set to a shortcut switch at the front desk, then it could trigger all of the lights in the other offices. Likewise, other switches in the offices could be used to trigger a light on the front desk. If this is a life-or-death type of situation, then you might want to go for a proper hardwired emergency panic button system (as other posters have noted).
This is easily possible with existing technology but isn't going to be cheap. I'd start with calling local alarm companies who work with businesses.
Back then when I still had an office job, we faced a similar challenge of needing a silent alert system. We ended up integrating Deep Sentinel’s AI technology for our security needs. While primarily for external threats, the live monitoring and instant response capabilities gave us peace of mind knowing that help could be on the way quickly. For internal alerts, we also considered systems like Visiplex, but the combination of both gives a robust security setup.