In order to receive messages from Everbridge and be notified of Risk Events occurring near you, you must have a contact record that contains ways for you to be reached. Together we will edit or create your contact.

Navigate to the Contact List.

And look for your contact record.

If your contact record already exists, click on the pencil icon to update your information.

Or, If your contact is not in the system, click add contact and we will add it now.

Your contact record requires basic identifying information. Anything that is marked with an asterisk is a required field.

Keep in mind, the External ID is simply a unique identifier, and the record type represents what kind of Contact you are.

In order to be reached, let's add some delivery methods.

Select the dropdown list.

And choose the Email delivery method.

Add in your email address so you can receive emails from Everbridge. It is important to have multiple delivery methods to ensure you receive messages.

So let's add another. Select the text message SMS delivery method.

And fill in your cell phone number so you can receive text messages. You can add additional delivery methods if you would like.

Another component of being notified is ensuring that you have relevant locations associated to your Contact Record.

Click New.

Let's add your home or business address and name it accordingly.

Enter the street address.

The City.

Select the State or Province.

And add the postal code.

Now that you've added the address, make sure to select the suggested geo-coded location so that your address will be visualized within Everbridge.

If you want, you can add additional details to your contact Record while we're here.

Otherwise, go ahead and click save now that your Contact Record has all the necessary information for testing. Keep in mind, this information can always be updated in the future.