Start an emergency for an active hazard alert

When you receive an active hazard alert notification, you can start an emergency by selecting the appropriate emergency profile to notify people at your site.

Start an emergency evacuation

1. From the left sidebar in EmergencyOS, click Dashboard.
2. In the Active Alerts section, select the alert you want to start an emergency for.
3. Click Start Emergency.
   
4. From the Select Profile drop-down menu, select an emergency profile.
5. Optionally, in the Add Start Message Email field, you can provide participants with more details about the emergency.
6. Click Start Emergency to send the evacuation notification.

Next steps

Once the emergency is over, you will need to end the evacuation. To learn how, see Start and end an emergency.