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  1. First, sign into your dashboard using your credentials.
  2. Then, on the left hand side of the screen, click on the "Communications" tab, and then click on the “Push Notifications” button.
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  3. For this example, we want to send a push notification, so the tab should already have “Send a Push Notification” selected.
  4. On this push notification page, you’ll notice four fields:

    Canned Push Notifications

    This is where you can create push notifications in advance and make it easier to “load” in the event of an emergency.

    Title

    This is the heading which the user WILL see so name it carefully.

    Notification Text

    This is the body of the push notification message. This is where you’ll want to put the content of your push.

    In your push text you can insert quite a few things, including map URLs, links to videos, and other important information.

    NOTE: there is a 120 character limit and any URLs must be fully qualified; that is, they must have the “http://”.

    Notification Sound

    This is where you can choose the sound that is associated with the push notification when it's sent out. You can choose from the following sound level options: Default, High, Medium, or Low.

  5. Please fill out the above-mentioned fields accordingly.
  6. When you're done, press the red “Launch” button to send your push.
  7. You will be prompted by your browser to ensure that you want to send this push – click yes.
  8. And voila, you’ve sent your push notification!

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