Events

Events are situations or activities that are typically episodic. These situations often demand increased communications and can include additional status queries. Examples include emergencies, such as mass casualty incidents, public health advisories, Amber Alerts, severe weather warnings, supply queries, and bed counts.

Events such as drills, exercises, sporting events, and training sessions can also be planned.

You can create three types of events:

• "Standard" events - Events created from templates.

• Ad hoc events - Authorized users can create ad hoc events to address situations that do not have an appropriate template. With the create ad hoc events right, you can edit and end these events.

  Ad hoc events are based on the Ad Hoc Event event template provided in EMResource. If you have the appropriate rights to manage ad hoc events and event templates, you can edit this template to accommodate your typical ad hoc events better.

• Multi-region events - With the appropriate rights, including the Maintain Events right in regions you want to activate, you can create events that span multiple regions. To do this, every region you include must have a multi-region template that you can select when creating the event. The option to create a multi-region event is only visible if you have the appropriate rights.

PHI Warning

Do not include Protected Health Information (PHI) in EMResource events. When you create or edit an event, a warning about PHI appears at the top of the page. Click the link for more information.

Updates

When an event's title or information are updated, or a resource is added to the event, then the word "Update" precedes the event name in the event bar. For multi-region events, adding regions to or removing them from the event is considered an update. To view a history of event updates, see View Event History.