• Appointments

  | This module is an optional extension and must be activated first. Appointment overview Within the appointment overview of your organization, you can see all appointments that are due within the next month. Use the selection at the top right to choose any other period to display further appointments. At this point, you can also set whether further columns (e.g. with the repetition frequency of an appointment) are to be displaPopular

• Shift schedules

  Shift schedules in GroupAlarm allow you to divide your participants into shifts. If a shift schedule is active at a given time, only those participants who are in the active shift are available for alerting. If your emergency personnel work in shifts, this ensures that only those participants who are actually available for an operation are alerted. || ⚠️ If no shift is active at a given time, all participants are available for alerting again. In addition to shift schedules, you can also defineSome readers

• Tags

  Within a complex organisational structure, tags can be used to trigger an alarm in some or all sub-organisations that was triggered in the parent organisation. All alarm data, such as text and coordinates, is retained. Tags can be used across organisations in Scenarios, Alarm templates and Flows as part of the [TSome readers

• Alarm templates

  Alarm templates can be used to prepare an alarm in the field. In an alarm template, not only the alarm text can be predefined as in the text templates, but also all other fields of an alarm. For example, you can configure the resources, alerting mode and other information of an alarm in an alarm template. All stored information is then automatically filled in when the alarm is triggered, saving precious time in an emergency. ![](https://sSome readers

• Geofences

  Geofences | This module is an optional extension and has to be activated first. GroupAlarm offers two application options for the use of geofences: Geoalarm With geofences, you can specifically alert employees and emergency forces who are in a defined area or region. Optionally, participants located within a geofence can be alerted with increased priority. If the desired strength cannot be achieved in this way, the alerting is escalated to emergencSome readers

• Labels

  A label represents a required qualification within an alarm. Possible targeted labels within a BOS organisation include leader, engineer or SCBA wearer. Within a company, positions such as marketing, IT administration or development can be mapped. The labels are configured under Configuration → Labels. Labels are given a name, a description and a colour so that they can be easily recognised and distinguished. Labels are assigned in the participant area under Configuration → Participants → AssigSome readers

• Create or edit Geofences

  Create or edit geofences | This module is an optional extension and must first be activated. A geofence can be created and edited in the Configuration area. Create Simply click on 'CREATE GEOFENCE' in the top left-hand corner. ![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/91fefd8b4b0ac000/screenshot-2022-06-20Some readers

• Configuration

  Configuration In the configuration area, the alerting and organizational structure is mapped. Here you create and manage participants, labels, units, and scenarios. To support you, GroupAlarm automatically performs various plausibility checks. If the system detects an error, this is indicated by a warning triangle in the sidebar. Hold the mouse pointer over the triangle to read the warning notice. In this way, it is possible to determine whether all alerting elements mesh coherently before tSome readers

• Units

  A unit is a group of participants who have a desired qualification (in the form of a label). So, here you define, for example, that your ambulance will be manned by an emergency paramedic and a paramedic. This allows you to map vehicles, foot units and more. You can then combine several units in a scenario, e.g. to form an AAO. In the unit overview, you can see the unique ID, the name incl. description and the necessary labels that make up your units. In addition, you can show the external idSome readers

• Text templates

  Text templates Text templates are predefined alarm texts that can be inserted when an alarm is triggered. In this menu, you see an overview of the created templates and can edit, delete and create new templates. Create new template Click on the "NEW" button. Enter aSome readers

• Participants

  Participants In the Participants menu, you manage the participants in your organization. Here you can invite participants to your organization and assign labels to them. In the standard case, you as the organization administrator can edit the participants and also set their availabilities, such as SMS, e-mail, or telephone number. If a participant has restricted his or her visibility, you will be informed of this in the appropriate places. Overview Within an organization, you will finSome readers

• Scenarios

  Scenarios allow you to map possible events or deployment scenarios. You can combine units according to an AAO or a hazard catalogue, for example. | 💡 Scenarios are configured under Configuration → Scenarios. The overview page for scenarios provides a list of all scenarios created so far. By default, you will see the ID of the scenario, the name and description, and which units are stored in the scenario. You can also access additional functions via the three dots next to a scenario. FurtheSome readers

• Geoalarm

  Geoalarm To link alerts to geofences, the first step is to create a Smart Label and a Geofence and link them together. Participants who are in this geofence and fulfil the conditions of the smart label are then automatically assigned this. If, for example, you need all the group leaders who are near the fire station, simply link the geofence of the fire station with the label of the group leaders. You will receSome readers

• Availability

  The availability in GroupAlarm allows you as a participant to set a status in which you are not alerted. This can be useful, for example, for important appointments or when you are on holiday. The system will then not take you into account when an alarm is raised and will fall back on other members of your organisation when filling the positions in the alarm. As an administrator, you can recognise unavailable participants in the [Participants overview](https://docs.groupalarm.com/en/article/parFew readers