Enabling First Responder Drill Notifications
How to subscribe First Responder Agencies to receive Drill Notifications
Once a First Responder agency is added to your Emergency Management solution, you can subscribe all users in their portal to receive customized drill email notifications. You can choose to send any of the following drill notifications:
- Drill Scheduled
- Drill Re-Scheduled
- Drill Reminder
- Drill Completed
Click here for more information on how district's can add First Responder agencies to their district site(s)
Click here for more information on how First Responders can use the First Responder Portal to access your Emergency Management solution
Enabling First Responder Drill Notifications - Video Tutorial
Learn how to enable First Responder Drill Notifications for different agencies. Customize which agency receives notifications for which schools.
Accessing First Responder Drill Notification Settings
- Step 1: Within the Prepare section, click on Drills to access all drill-related settings and options.
- Step 2: In the top right corner of the screen, click on Settings.
- Step 3: In First Responder Email Notifications, click Edit.
A list of all buildings within your district will be displayed. Each building can be set up to send notifications to specific responder agencies.
Setting Notifications at the District Level:
Use Case: Each agency assigned to the district will receive the same customized email notifications for all drills across all buildings.
- Step 1: Find the District building in the list of buildings.
- Step 2: Select the specific email notifications options you wish to send to agencies.
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Step 3: Click Responders on the District building and select all agencies who need to receive email notifications.
- Click update to save. If an agency is missing, follow these steps to add the agency.
- Step 4: Select the checkbox in Use District List column to include the building in the district-wide drill notification email notifications.
Customizing Notifications for Individual Buildings
Use Case: Different agencies support different buildings across the district.
- Step 1: Uncheck the Use District List for the buildings who need to have different agencies from the district.
- Step 2: Select the specific email notifications options you wish to send to agencies.
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Step 3: Navigate to the first building and click Responders in the Drill Recipient column. This opens the list of agencies associated to the specific building.
- If an agency is missing, follow these steps to add the agency.
- Step 4: Select all agencies who need to receive email notifications. Click update to save.
Complete these steps for each building that needs to be assigned to a unique agency.