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Create Your Emergency Response Team

Add in-organization and external emergency contacts from Account Settings, and understand which contacts get rich notifications vs SMS only.

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Overview

Emergency response teams translate policy into real notifications. Without correct rostering, events can look successful in tests yet fail in production.

Emergency response team flow: in-organization contacts (push + SMS) and external contacts (SMS only)
Placeholder — replace with the in-organization vs external contact flowchart and the Add Contact screen.

Where to add contacts

Open Navigator Mobile → Account Settings, then tap Add Contact. A new window appears that lets you build the response team for this user.

Two kinds of contact

  • In-organization contacts — listed for one-tap selection. Anyone in your organization who has a Navigator subscription receives the richer experience: app push notifications plus additional SMS messages.
  • External contacts — added via the + icon, with name and phone number entered manually. External contacts receive SMS messages only.

Setup pattern

  1. Gather responders in priority order and define backup coverage for time off.
  2. In Account Settings → Add Contact, add in-organization responders by tapping their entry.
  3. Add any external contacts (e.g. family, on-call medical) via the + icon.
  4. Verify each in-organization responder is provisioned with the right role and group so routing rules find them.
  5. Verify each phone has notification and emergency permissions granted at the OS level.
  6. Run supervised drills: countdown, confirm, chat (if enabled), closure, and history visibility checks.

Still need help?

Contact support or your Safeguard representative for account and rollout questions.