Emergency signal for M2M devices

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a server connected to a network, a plurality of emergency alerts from a plurality of devices connected to the network;
• analyzing, by the server, the plurality of emergency alerts to determine an emergency type of each of the plurality of emergency alerts;
• categorizing, by the server, the plurality of emergency alerts based on the emergency type of each of the plurality of emergency alerts;
• consolidating the plurality of emergency alerts of a first category into a consolidated alert;
• consolidating the plurality of emergency alerts of a second category into a second consolidated alert;
• prioritizing the second category lower than the first category based on at least the emergency type indicated by the first category being ranked higher than the emergency type indicated by the second category;
• and
• causing the consolidated alert to be provided to a recipient at a first transport QoS level before causing the second consolidated alert to be provided to the recipient at a lower transport QoS level than the first transport QoS level.