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Monitoring

Update monitoring contacts safely

Verify authority, edit the correct system contact list, and preserve dispatch order.

6 stepsAbout 9 minutesVerified 2026-07-22

Before you start

  • Caller identity and authority verified
  • Correct monitored system
  • New contact details confirmed

You will finish with

  • The live contact list has correct people, phone numbers, authority, and dispatch order.

Safety and data checks

  • Monitoring contacts affect emergency dispatch and require identity and authority verification.
Step-by-step procedure

Complete the task

  1. 1
    Verify

    Verify the requester

    Confirm the requester using approved customer information and verify they are authorized to change this monitored system’s contacts.

    Stop when identity or authority is uncertain.
  2. 2
    Navigate

    Open the correct system

    Search the customer, choose the service property, and verify the monitoring account number before opening Contacts.

  3. 3
    Verify

    Compare the current list

    Read every active contact, telephone number, authority flag, and dispatch order before adding, removing, or reordering anyone.

  4. 4
    Enter information

    Enter verified changes

    Update only the requested contacts, normalize phone numbers, set authority correctly, and preserve a deliberate dispatch order.

  5. 5
    Verify

    Read back the final call list

    Read the completed order back to the requester and correct names, numbers, or priority before saving.

  6. 6
    Verify

    Save and confirm history

    Save the contact list, confirm the live order, and verify that the activity history records who made the change.

If something does not look right

The expected button or field is not visible.

Confirm the record status, your role, and the selected tab; unavailable actions are often intentionally gated by those conditions.

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