Alarm management system for managing alarm messages of a technical installation or a technical process, the alarm messages being able to be supplied to a data processing device and being able to be presented using display modules (41, 42, 43... 4n), characterized in that the data processing device has a module for creating alarm channels (K1, K2, K3) for different types of presentation of the respectively pending alarm messages, • each of the alarm channels (K1, K2, K3) created using the module respectively being assigned to one of the display modules (41, 42, 43... 4n), • the created alarm channels (K1, K2, K3) being in the form of communication channels and being intended to transmit the alarm messages to the display modules (41, 42, 43... 4n), • boundary conditions with respect to an assignment to the corresponding display module (41, 42, 43... 4n) being respectively defined for the created channel (K1, K2, K3), • a comparison module for each channel (K1, K2, K3) comparing the alarm messages with the associated boundary conditions for a match, • those alarm messages which match the associated boundary conditions of the respective channel (K1, K2, K3) being able to be supplied to the corresponding display module (41, 42, 43... 4n) of the respective channel (K1, K2, K3) for the purpose of presentation, • those alarm messages which do not match the associated boundary conditions with respect to an assignment to the corresponding display module (41, 42, 43... 4n) being able to be supplied to a selection module (31, 32, 33), being able to be checked for a match with previously determined escape rules for assignment to a further display module (41, 42, 43... 4n) and being able to be transmitted according to the conditions respectively determined in the escape rules to the further display module (41, 42, 43... 4n) for the purpose of presentation. • each of the alarm channels (K1, K2, K3) created using the module respectively being assigned to one of the display modules (41, 42, 43... 4n), • the created alarm channels (K1, K2, K3) being in the form of communication channels and being intended to transmit the alarm messages to the display modules (41, 42, 43... 4n), • boundary conditions with respect to an assignment to the corresponding display module (41, 42, 43... 4n) being respectively defined for the created channel (K1, K2, K3), • a comparison module for each channel (K1, K2, K3) comparing the alarm messages with the associated boundary conditions for a match, • those alarm messages which match the associated boundary conditions of the respective channel (K1, K2, K3) being able to be supplied to the corresponding display module (41, 42, 43... 4n) of the respective channel (K1, K2, K3) for the purpose of presentation, • those alarm messages which do not match the associated boundary conditions with respect to an assignment to the corresponding display module (41, 42, 43... 4n) being able to be supplied to a selection module (31, 32, 33), being able to be checked for a match with previously determined escape rules for assignment to a further display module (41, 42, 43... 4n) and being able to be transmitted according to the conditions respectively determined in the escape rules to the further display module (41, 42, 43... 4n) for the purpose of presentation.