Emergency notification within an alarm community

A method for informing about an accident within an alarm community having a plurality of members comprising a plurality of emergency notifying apparatuses, wherein at least one of the emergency notifying apparatuses is a handheld device, an alarm server and a rescue service, wherein the handheld device comprises, an accelerometer, a wireless communication unit and a position determining unit, the method comprising:

• detecting if the handheld device has been exposed for acceleration above a predetermined threshold by receiving a signal from the accelerometer comprised in the handheld device and comparing the signal from the accelerometer with the predetermined threshold;
• sending, if the handheld device has been exposed for acceleration above the predetermined threshold, an alarm signal, via a wireless communication unit comprised in the first handheld device, to the alarm server;
• verifying that the handheld device has been exposed for acceleration above a predetermined threshold as a response to an accident;
• determining a subgroup of members within the alarm community being located within a predetermined distance from the handheld device;
• and
• informing the members within the subgroup about the accident.