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# Create Incident

Create a new incident.

<Note>
  External Documentation

  To learn more, visit the [FireHydrant documentation](https://docs.firehydrant.com/reference/create_incident).
</Note>

## Basic Parameters

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  | Parameter   | Description                                                                                                              |
  | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
  | Alert IDs   | A comma-separated list of alert IDs to associate to the new incident. Can be obtained by using the `List Alerts` action. |
  | Description | A description for the incident.                                                                                          |
  | Name        | The name of the incident.                                                                                                |
  | Priority    | The priority of the incident.                                                                                            |
  | Restricted  | Select to restrict the incident.                                                                                         |
  | Severity    | The severity of the incident.                                                                                            |
  | Summary     | A summary of the incident.                                                                                               |
</div>

## Advanced Parameters

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  | Parameter                 | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
  | ------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
  | Custom Fields             | A JSON list of custom fields to set on the incident.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
  | Customer Impact Summary   | A summary of the impact of the incident on the customer.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
  | External Links            | External links related to the incident.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
  | Impacts                   | A JSON object representing a list of impacted infrastructure.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
  | Incident Type ID          | The ID of the incident type. If provided, values that are not specified in this action will be copied from the incident type (if any).                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
  | Milestones                | JSON object that represents the milestones to set on an incident.<br /><br />For example:<br /><br />`[`<br />`  {`<br />`     "type": "<type/slug>",`<br />`     "occurred_at": "2025-07-17T06:37:06Z"`<br />`  },`<br />`   {`<br />`     "type": "<type/slug>",`<br />`     "occurred_at": "2025-07-17T06:37:06Z"`<br />`  }`<br />`]` |
  | Runbook IDs               | A comma-separated list of runbook IDs to attach to the incident.<br /><br />**Note**: Ignores any rules or conditions that control whether these runbooks are automatically attached.                                                                                                                                                     |
  | Severity Condition ID     | The severity condition ID to assign to the incident.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
  | Severity Impact ID        | The severity impact ID to assign to the incident.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
  | Skip Incident Type Values | If true, the incident type values will not be copied to the incident.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
  | Tag List                  | A comma-separated list of tags for the incident.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
  | Team IDs                  | A comma-separated list of team IDs to assign to the incident.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
</div>

## Example Output

```json theme={"dark"}
{
	"id": "string",
	"name": "string",
	"created_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z",
	"started_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z",
	"discarded_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z",
	"summary": "string",
	"customer_impact_summary": "string",
	"description": "string",
	"current_milestone": "string",
	"number": 0,
	"priority": "string",
	"severity": "string",
	"severity_color": "string",
	"severity_impact": "string",
	"severity_condition": "string",
	"tag_list": [
		"string"
	],
	"incident_type": {
		"id": "string",
		"name": "string"
	},
	"severity_impact_object": {
		"id": "string",
		"name": "string",
		"type": "string",
		"affects_id": "string",
		"position": 0
	},
	"severity_condition_object": {
		"id": "string",
		"name": "string",
		"position": 0
	},
	"private_id": "string",
	"organization_id": "string",
	"milestones": [
		{
			"id": "string",
			"type": "string",
			"duration": "string",
			"occurred_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z",
			"created_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z",
			"updated_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z"
		}
	],
	"lifecycle_phases": [
		{
			"id": "string",
			"name": "string",
			"description": "string",
			"type": "string",
			"position": 0,
			"milestones": [
				{
					"id": "string",
					"name": "string",
					"description": "string",
					"slug": "string",
					"position": 0,
					"occurred_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z",
					"duration": "string",
					"updated_by": {
						"id": "string",
						"name": "string",
						"source": "string",
						"email": "string"
					},
					"updated_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z"
				}
			]
		}
	],
	"lifecycle_measurements": [
		{
			"id": "string",
			"name": "string",
			"description": "string",
			"slug": "string",
			"starts_at_milestone": "string",
			"ends_at_milestone": "string",
			"value": "string",
			"calculated_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z"
		}
	],
	"active": true,
	"labels": {},
	"role_assignments": [
		{
			"id": "string",
			"status": "active",
			"created_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z",
			"updated_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z",
			"incident_role": {
				"id": "string",
				"name": "string",
				"summary": "string",
				"description": "string",
				"created_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z",
				"updated_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z",
				"discarded_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z"
			},
			"user": {
				"id": "string",
				"name": "string",
				"email": "string",
				"slack_user_id": "string",
				"slack_linked?": true,
				"created_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z",
				"updated_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z",
				"signals_enabled_notification_types": [
					"string"
				]
			}
		}
	],
	"status_pages": [
		{
			"id": "string",
			"url": "string",
			"external_id": "string",
			"name": "string",
			"display_name": "string",
			"integration": {
				"id": "string",
				"integration_name": "string",
				"integration_slug": "string",
				"display_name": "string",
				"created_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z"
			}
		}
	],
	"incident_url": "string",
	"private_status_page_url": "string",
	"organization": {
		"name": "string",
		"id": "string"
	},
	"customers_impacted": 0,
	"monetary_impact": 0,
	"monetary_impact_cents": 0,
	"last_update": "string",
	"last_note": {
		"id": "string",
		"body": "string",
		"created_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z",
		"status_pages": [
			{
				"id": "string",
				"url": "string",
				"external_id": "string",
				"name": "string",
				"display_name": "string",
				"integration": {
					"id": "string",
					"integration_name": "string",
					"integration_slug": "string",
					"display_name": "string",
					"created_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z"
				}
			}
		],
		"conversations": [
			{
				"id": "string",
				"resource_class": "string",
				"resource_id": "string",
				"field": "string",
				"comments_url": "string",
				"channel": {
					"name": "string"
				}
			}
		]
	},
	"report_id": "string",
	"ai_incident_summary": "string",
	"services": [
		{
			"id": "string",
			"name": "string"
		}
	],
	"environments": [
		{
			"id": "string",
			"name": "string"
		}
	],
	"functionalities": [
		{
			"id": "string",
			"name": "string"
		}
	],
	"channel_name": "string",
	"channel_reference": "string",
	"channel_id": "string",
	"channel_status": "string",
	"incident_tickets": [
		{
			"id": "string",
			"summary": "string",
			"description": "string",
			"state": "open",
			"type": "incident",
			"assignees": [
				{
					"id": "string",
					"name": "string",
					"source": "string",
					"email": "string"
				}
			],
			"priority": {
				"id": "string",
				"name": "string",
				"position": 0,
				"created_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z",
				"updated_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z"
			},
			"created_by": {
				"id": "string",
				"name": "string",
				"source": "string",
				"email": "string"
			},
			"attachments": [
				{}
			],
			"created_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z",
			"updated_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z",
			"tag_list": [
				"string"
			],
			"incident_id": "string",
			"incident_name": "string",
			"incident_current_milestone": "string",
			"task_id": "string",
			"due_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z",
			"sync_error_message": "string",
			"link": {
				"id": "string",
				"type": "string",
				"display_text": "string",
				"href_url": "string",
				"icon_url": "string",
				"editable": true,
				"deletable": true
			}
		}
	],
	"ticket": {
		"id": "string",
		"summary": "string",
		"description": "string",
		"state": "open",
		"type": "incident",
		"assignees": [
			{
				"id": "string",
				"name": "string",
				"source": "string",
				"email": "string"
			}
		],
		"priority": {
			"id": "string",
			"name": "string",
			"position": 0,
			"created_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z",
			"updated_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z"
		},
		"created_by": {
			"id": "string",
			"name": "string",
			"source": "string",
			"email": "string"
		},
		"attachments": [
			{}
		],
		"created_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z",
		"updated_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z",
		"tag_list": [
			"string"
		],
		"incident_id": "string",
		"incident_name": "string",
		"incident_current_milestone": "string",
		"task_id": "string",
		"due_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z",
		"sync_error_message": "string",
		"link": {
			"id": "string",
			"type": "string",
			"display_text": "string",
			"href_url": "string",
			"icon_url": "string",
			"editable": true,
			"deletable": true
		}
	},
	"impacts": [
		{
			"id": "string",
			"type": "customer",
			"impact": {
				"id": "string",
				"name": "string"
			},
			"condition": {
				"id": "string",
				"name": "string",
				"position": 0
			},
			"conversations": [
				{
					"id": "string",
					"resource_class": "string",
					"resource_id": "string",
					"field": "string",
					"comments_url": "string",
					"channel": {
						"name": "string"
					}
				}
			]
		}
	],
	"conference_bridges": [
		{
			"id": "string",
			"attachments": [
				{}
			],
			"has_translated_transcripts": true,
			"language_codes": [
				"string"
			],
			"transcription_status": "string",
			"transcription_sub_code": "string"
		}
	],
	"incident_channels": [
		{
			"id": "string",
			"name": "string",
			"source": "string",
			"source_name": "string",
			"source_id": "string",
			"url": "string",
			"icon_url": "string",
			"status": "string"
		}
	],
	"retro_exports": [
		{}
	],
	"created_by": {
		"id": "string",
		"name": "string",
		"source": "string",
		"email": "string"
	},
	"context_object": {
		"object_type": "string",
		"object_id": "string",
		"context_tag": "string",
		"context_description": "string"
	},
	"team_assignments": [
		{
			"id": "string",
			"status": "string",
			"created_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z",
			"updated_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z",
			"team": {
				"id": "string",
				"name": "string",
				"description": "string",
				"slug": "string",
				"created_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z",
				"updated_at": "2025-07-16T07:45:18.135Z",
				"signals_ical_url": "string",
				"created_by": {
					"id": "string",
					"name": "string",
					"source": "string",
					"email": "string"
				},
				"in_support_hours": true
			}
		}
	],
	"conversations": [
		{
			"id": "string",
			"resource_class": "string",
			"resource_id": "string",
			"field": "string",
			"comments_url": "string",
			"channel": {
				"name": "string"
			}
		}
	],
	"custom_fields": [
		{
			"name": "string",
			"value_type": "string",
			"display_name": "string",
			"description": "string",
			"slug": "string",
			"field_id": "string",
			"value_array": [
				"string"
			],
			"value_string": "string",
			"value": "string"
		}
	],
	"field_requirements": [
		{
			"field_id": "string",
			"required_at_milestone_id": "string"
		}
	]
}
```

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