An alert is details of an incident that you send to us. You may include live photos and videos of the event. Anybody who has registered to be notified of events happening in the area from which the incident happened will be sent a notification of the incident.

What is a notification? A notification is a message informing users that an incident has occurred. The notification/message is sent to the phones of those who have registered to receive notice of any events that occur in a particular area or country..