Abstract: There is described an alarm system (1) comprising: a carrier unit (10; a base unit (30) having an in-output (31) for coupling to a communication network (P); an alarm monitoring station (100) coupled to that communication network (P); wherein the carrier unit (10) comprises a transmitter (20) and an alarm switch (13) coupled to an alarm input (23) of the transmitter (20). By operating the alarm switch (13), the base unit (30) is wirelessly activated by the carrier unit (10). Accordingly, the base unit (30) makes connection with the communication network (P) and selects the access number of the alarm monitoring station (100). In accordance with the invention, the transmitter (20) comprises a microphone input (24) coupled to a microphone (14). Speech signals from the user are wirelessly transmitted by the transmitter (20) to the base unit (30), which transmits these speech signals via the communication network (P) to the alarm monitoring station (100).