To write a new message: Tap the button.
Select who you want to send the message to by tapping and then select who you want
to send the message to (members of a group, individual members, or both), tap the “OK”
button in the upper right corner, and then select “mail”, “text”, and/or “pager” as your
method of delivery. Note that selecting any one of the delivery methods will also cause the
message to be sent to all recipients via the app (if they have selected within their app to
receive such notifications. Tap “send”.
Note that you must have permission to send messages within your member profile, or you will
not be able to do so.
Shifts This page lets you add, edit and view your schedule, and lets you view the upcoming schedule
for your department.
Deleting shifts from the app is not presently available.
When viewing your schedule, you will be shown shifts from the present date forward. To view
past shifts, select “My Schedule,” and then tap the “Edit” button in the upper right corner.
That will allow you to select a date in the past or future, and the result will show you shifts
beginning with that selected date.
Alerts
delivered
to your phone If you have selected to receive dispatch notifications and/or intra-department messages to
your app (this is done within your app’s Edit Agency’s Settings page, then so long as all of your
settings are correct, you will receive push notifications of those to your phone.
When you receive them, you will hear the applicable ring tone that you selected, for the
duration that you have selected. You will receive either a pop-up notification on your phone,
or a traditional notification, depending on what you have selected on your preferences page.
If you selected to receive traditional notifications, the IaR icon will appear at the top of your
phone’s screen. Swipe down on your phone’s screen from top to bottom to open your
phone’s notification screen. This is an Android phone function separate from this app. On
that notification screen, you will see the most recent alert(s) that you received from your
department through this app. Tap on that, and the app will automatically open to the
applicable screen.