Practice alarms include Drill and Training alarms activated from the Practice button in Rapid Alarm. Practice alarms are not activated from the Activate Alarm button in the side navigation menu to help reduce accidental activation of a real alarm during a drill or training event.  

To activate a Drill or Training alarm from the web/desktop application, navigate to Rapid Alarm using the navigation menu. Next, click Practice near the top right corner of the page.  

Select to activate either a Drill or Training alarm.

Once a selection has been made, the practice alarm will be activated following the same steps* as a real alarm, only the Drill or Training label and coloring will be applied:

*The steps of activating an alarm may vary depending on site access and alarm type settings

1. Select an Alarm Type
2. Select Sites to Notify (Only shown when user has access/visibility for >1 site in the district)
3. 5 Second Countdown with ability to override and activate alarm (Only shown when applied to a custom alarm type)
4. Alarm Activation Confirmation (At this point the alarm is activated and alarm details will display on the Home screen)

At any point during the alarm activation process, the alarm activation can be cancelled.

Once activated, the alarm will be visible on the homepage and from the active alarms list in Rapid Alarm and labelled as either a Drill or Training alarm.