Schedule a drill

After you add an emergency profile for a drill, you can schedule the drill and set up reminders before it starts.

Schedule a drill

1. From the left sidebar in EmergencyOS, click Mustering.
2. Click Schedule Drill.
3. Fill in the following information:
   • Site: Select the site where the drill will take place.
   • Emergency Profile: Select the emergency profile to use for the drill. To create an emergency profile, see Add an emergency profile.
   • Event Start At: Select the date and time when the drill will start.
4. (Optional) If you want to send reminders for this drill, click Add Reminder, then fill in the following details:
   • Notification Channel(s): Enter the number of minutes, hours, days, or weeks before the drill when the reminder will be sent.
   • Send Reminders to: Select who receives the reminder.
     • Recipient Roles: All users with the selected roles.
     • Contacts: Specific employees you select.
     • Users: Specific users in EmergencyOS.
5. Click Save to close the right-side panel, then click Save again in the top-right corner.

Set up general drill reminders

You can set up a general reminders to complete drills at your site.

1. From the left sidebar in EmergencyOS, click the Settings icon, then select Sites.
   
2. Select the site where you want to set up drill reminders.
3. Select the Emergency Settings tab, then under "Drill Preferences", click Configure.
   
4. Fill in the following details:
   • Drill Frequency: Enter the number of months between drills.
   • Date of Last Drill: By default, this is set to the date of the last drill started in EmergencyOS. If you conducted a drill outside of EmergencyOS, select the date of your most recent drill.
5. Click Save to close the right-side panel.
6. Select the Notifications tab.
   
7. Turn on Drill Reminders. If Drill reminders is already on, click Configure.
8. In the right-side panel, use the drop-down menu to select the roles that should receive drill reminder notifications.
9. Click Save to close the right-side panel, then click Save again in the top-right corner.

Turn off general drill reminders

1. From the left sidebar in EmergencyOS, click the Settings icon, then select Sites.
   
2. Select the site where you want to turn off drill reminders.
3. Select the Notifications tab.
4. Turn off Drill Reminders.
5. Click Save.