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Run Drills with Incident Response

Practice your Response Templates at any time.

Running a practice drill in Verkada Incident Response prepares staff to respond quickly and confidently during an emergency. Administrators can launch drills in Command, simulate real-world response scenarios, review post-exercise analytics, and manage reunification workflows that align with the I Love U Guys Foundation's SRM-REx framework.

Before you can run a drill Response, a site must have a Response Template configured and Workplace Employees assigned.

Start a drill

You must have the Workplace Site Admin role or explicit permission to start a Response to start a drill from Command.

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In Verkada Command, go to All Products > Workplace > Response.

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On the Incident Response Home, click Run a practice drill.

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Select an option for student data and click Next.

For sites with at least one Response Template that has Reunification enabled, Admins can choose to run a drill using either real school data or sample student data aligned with the I Love U Guys SRM-REx exercise.

You can find more information on practicing reunification with I Love U Guys sample data here.

4

Select a Response Template.

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Choose an option for employee notifications.

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Click Run drill.

If employee notifications were enabled for the drill, all employees will receive notifications with magic links to the Incident Response portal.

End a drill

You must have the Workplace Site Admin role or explicit permission to end a Response to end a drill from Command.

1

In Verkada Command, go to All Products > Workplace > Incident Response.

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On the Incident Response Home, click Active Response.

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In the top right, click End.

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In the confirmation menu, select End Incident.

Like an actual Response, ending a drill Response locks further changes on the Incident Response portal.

FAQ

Will Incident Response notify staff during a drill?

Admins can choose to notify staff before launching a drill. When enabled, Incident Response sends login links by email and SMS to staff members with configured phone numbers.

Will Incident Response notify guardian contacts of updates to students during a drill?

No, Incident Response will only share student updates to guardian contacts during an actual Response.

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