<p><strong>Hostescalation - </strong><strong>first notification</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>This directive is a number that identifies the <em>first</em> notification for which this escalation is effective. For instance, if you set this value to 3, this escalation will only be used if the host is down or unreachable long enough for a third notification to go out.</p>
<p><em>Parameter name:</em> first_notification<br> <em>Required:</em> yes</p>