diff --git a/instances/dev/main.tf b/instances/dev/main.tf
index 61acff7..fb7ff15 100644
--- a/instances/dev/main.tf
+++ b/instances/dev/main.tf
@@ -43,6 +43,23 @@ resource "aws_instance" "api" {
   }
 }
 
+resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "api_outage_alarm" {
+  alarm_name          = "${var.perm_env.name}-api-instance-outage-alarm"
+  comparison_operator = "GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold"
+  evaluation_periods  = "1"
+  metric_name         = "StatusCheckFailed"
+  namespace           = "AWS/EC2"
+  period              = "300"
+  statistic           = "Average"
+  threshold           = "0.99"
+  actions_enabled     = "true"
+  alarm_actions       = ["arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:364159549467:ec2-outage-notifications"]
+  ok_actions          = ["arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:364159549467:ec2-outage-notifications"]
+  dimensions = {
+    InstanceId = aws_instance.api.id
+  }
+}
+
 resource "aws_instance" "taskrunner" {
   ami                    = module.perm_env_data.taskrunner_ami
   instance_type          = "c4.large"
@@ -56,6 +73,23 @@ resource "aws_instance" "taskrunner" {
   }
 }
 
+resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "taskrunner_outage_alarm" {
+  alarm_name          = "${var.perm_env.name}-taskrunner-instance-outage-alarm"
+  comparison_operator = "GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold"
+  evaluation_periods  = "1"
+  metric_name         = "StatusCheckFailed"
+  namespace           = "AWS/EC2"
+  period              = "300"
+  statistic           = "Average"
+  threshold           = "0.99"
+  actions_enabled     = "true"
+  alarm_actions       = ["arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:364159549467:ec2-outage-notifications"]
+  ok_actions          = ["arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:364159549467:ec2-outage-notifications"]
+  dimensions = {
+    InstanceId = aws_instance.taskrunner[0].id
+  }
+}
+
 resource "aws_instance" "cron" {
   ami                    = module.perm_env_data.cron_ami
   instance_type          = "t2.micro"
@@ -68,6 +102,23 @@ resource "aws_instance" "cron" {
   }
 }
 
+resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "cron_outage_alarm" {
+  alarm_name          = "${var.perm_env.name}-cron-instance-outage-alarm"
+  comparison_operator = "GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold"
+  evaluation_periods  = "1"
+  metric_name         = "StatusCheckFailed"
+  namespace           = "AWS/EC2"
+  period              = "300"
+  statistic           = "Average"
+  threshold           = "0.99"
+  actions_enabled     = "true"
+  alarm_actions       = ["arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:364159549467:ec2-outage-notifications"]
+  ok_actions          = ["arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:364159549467:ec2-outage-notifications"]
+  dimensions = {
+    InstanceId = aws_instance.cron.id
+  }
+}
+
 resource "aws_instance" "sftp" {
   ami                    = module.perm_env_data.sftp_ami
   instance_type          = "c4.large"
@@ -81,6 +132,23 @@ resource "aws_instance" "sftp" {
   }
 }
 
+resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "sftp_outage_alarm" {
+  alarm_name          = "${var.perm_env.name}-sftp-instance-outage-alarm"
+  comparison_operator = "GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold"
+  evaluation_periods  = "1"
+  metric_name         = "StatusCheckFailed"
+  namespace           = "AWS/EC2"
+  period              = "300"
+  statistic           = "Average"
+  threshold           = "0.99"
+  actions_enabled     = "true"
+  alarm_actions       = ["arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:364159549467:ec2-outage-notifications"]
+  ok_actions          = ["arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:364159549467:ec2-outage-notifications"]
+  dimensions = {
+    InstanceId = aws_instance.sftp.id
+  }
+}
+
 module "perm_env_data" {
   source   = "../modules/get-data"
   perm_env = var.perm_env
diff --git a/instances/production/main.tf b/instances/production/main.tf
index ced7dea..dbae1e0 100644
--- a/instances/production/main.tf
+++ b/instances/production/main.tf
@@ -43,6 +43,23 @@ resource "aws_instance" "api" {
   }
 }
 
+resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "api_outage_alarm" {
+  alarm_name          = "${var.perm_env.name}-api-instance-outage-alarm"
+  comparison_operator = "GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold"
+  evaluation_periods  = "1"
+  metric_name         = "StatusCheckFailed"
+  namespace           = "AWS/EC2"
+  period              = "300"
+  statistic           = "Average"
+  threshold           = "0.99"
+  actions_enabled     = "true"
+  alarm_actions       = ["arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:364159549467:ec2-outage-notifications"]
+  ok_actions          = ["arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:364159549467:ec2-outage-notifications"]
+  dimensions = {
+    InstanceId = aws_instance.api.id
+  }
+}
+
 resource "aws_instance" "taskrunner" {
   ami                    = module.perm_env_data.taskrunner_ami
   instance_type          = "c4.xlarge"
@@ -56,6 +73,24 @@ resource "aws_instance" "taskrunner" {
   }
 }
 
+resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "taskrunner_outage_alarm" {
+  count               = 2
+  alarm_name          = "${var.perm_env.name}-taskrunner${count.index}-instance-outage-alarm"
+  comparison_operator = "GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold"
+  evaluation_periods  = "1"
+  metric_name         = "StatusCheckFailed"
+  namespace           = "AWS/EC2"
+  period              = "300"
+  statistic           = "Average"
+  threshold           = "0.99"
+  actions_enabled     = "true"
+  alarm_actions       = ["arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:364159549467:ec2-outage-notifications"]
+  ok_actions          = ["arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:364159549467:ec2-outage-notifications"]
+  dimensions = {
+    InstanceId = aws_instance.taskrunner[count.index].id
+  }
+}
+
 resource "aws_instance" "cron" {
   ami                    = module.perm_env_data.cron_ami
   instance_type          = "t2.micro"
@@ -68,6 +103,23 @@ resource "aws_instance" "cron" {
   }
 }
 
+resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "cron_outage_alarm" {
+  alarm_name          = "${var.perm_env.name}-cron-instance-outage-alarm"
+  comparison_operator = "GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold"
+  evaluation_periods  = "1"
+  metric_name         = "StatusCheckFailed"
+  namespace           = "AWS/EC2"
+  period              = "300"
+  statistic           = "Average"
+  threshold           = "0.99"
+  actions_enabled     = "true"
+  alarm_actions       = ["arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:364159549467:ec2-outage-notifications"]
+  ok_actions          = ["arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:364159549467:ec2-outage-notifications"]
+  dimensions = {
+    InstanceId = aws_instance.cron.id
+  }
+}
+
 resource "aws_instance" "sftp" {
   ami                    = module.perm_env_data.sftp_ami
   instance_type          = "m4.large"
@@ -81,6 +133,23 @@ resource "aws_instance" "sftp" {
   }
 }
 
+resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "sftp_outage_alarm" {
+  alarm_name          = "${var.perm_env.name}-sftp-instance-outage-alarm"
+  comparison_operator = "GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold"
+  evaluation_periods  = "1"
+  metric_name         = "StatusCheckFailed"
+  namespace           = "AWS/EC2"
+  period              = "300"
+  statistic           = "Average"
+  threshold           = "0.99"
+  actions_enabled     = "true"
+  alarm_actions       = ["arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:364159549467:ec2-outage-notifications"]
+  ok_actions          = ["arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:364159549467:ec2-outage-notifications"]
+  dimensions = {
+    InstanceId = aws_instance.sftp.id
+  }
+}
+
 module "perm_env_data" {
   source   = "../modules/get-data"
   perm_env = var.perm_env
diff --git a/instances/staging/main.tf b/instances/staging/main.tf
index 80dbd7f..ec65624 100644
--- a/instances/staging/main.tf
+++ b/instances/staging/main.tf
@@ -43,6 +43,23 @@ resource "aws_instance" "api" {
   }
 }
 
+resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "api_outage_alarm" {
+  alarm_name          = "${var.perm_env.name}-api-instance-outage-alarm"
+  comparison_operator = "GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold"
+  evaluation_periods  = "1"
+  metric_name         = "StatusCheckFailed"
+  namespace           = "AWS/EC2"
+  period              = "300"
+  statistic           = "Average"
+  threshold           = "0.99"
+  actions_enabled     = "true"
+  alarm_actions       = ["arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:364159549467:ec2-outage-notifications"]
+  ok_actions          = ["arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:364159549467:ec2-outage-notifications"]
+  dimensions = {
+    InstanceId = aws_instance.api.id
+  }
+}
+
 resource "aws_instance" "taskrunner" {
   ami                    = module.perm_env_data.taskrunner_ami
   instance_type          = "c4.large"
@@ -56,6 +73,24 @@ resource "aws_instance" "taskrunner" {
   }
 }
 
+resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "taskrunner_outage_alarm" {
+  count               = 2
+  alarm_name          = "${var.perm_env.name}-taskrunner${count.index}-instance-outage-alarm"
+  comparison_operator = "GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold"
+  evaluation_periods  = "1"
+  metric_name         = "StatusCheckFailed"
+  namespace           = "AWS/EC2"
+  period              = "300"
+  statistic           = "Average"
+  threshold           = "0.99"
+  actions_enabled     = "true"
+  alarm_actions       = ["arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:364159549467:ec2-outage-notifications"]
+  ok_actions          = ["arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:364159549467:ec2-outage-notifications"]
+  dimensions = {
+    InstanceId = aws_instance.taskrunner[count.index].id
+  }
+}
+
 resource "aws_instance" "cron" {
   ami                    = module.perm_env_data.cron_ami
   instance_type          = "t2.micro"
@@ -68,6 +103,23 @@ resource "aws_instance" "cron" {
   }
 }
 
+resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "cron_outage_alarm" {
+  alarm_name          = "${var.perm_env.name}-cron-instance-outage-alarm"
+  comparison_operator = "GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold"
+  evaluation_periods  = "1"
+  metric_name         = "StatusCheckFailed"
+  namespace           = "AWS/EC2"
+  period              = "300"
+  statistic           = "Average"
+  threshold           = "0.99"
+  actions_enabled     = "true"
+  alarm_actions       = ["arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:364159549467:ec2-outage-notifications"]
+  ok_actions          = ["arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:364159549467:ec2-outage-notifications"]
+  dimensions = {
+    InstanceId = aws_instance.cron.id
+  }
+}
+
 resource "aws_instance" "sftp" {
   ami                    = module.perm_env_data.sftp_ami
   instance_type          = "m4.large"
@@ -81,6 +133,23 @@ resource "aws_instance" "sftp" {
   }
 }
 
+resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "sftp_outage_alarm" {
+  alarm_name          = "${var.perm_env.name}-sftp-instance-outage-alarm"
+  comparison_operator = "GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold"
+  evaluation_periods  = "1"
+  metric_name         = "StatusCheckFailed"
+  namespace           = "AWS/EC2"
+  period              = "300"
+  statistic           = "Average"
+  threshold           = "0.99"
+  actions_enabled     = "true"
+  alarm_actions       = ["arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:364159549467:ec2-outage-notifications"]
+  ok_actions          = ["arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:364159549467:ec2-outage-notifications"]
+  dimensions = {
+    InstanceId = aws_instance.sftp.id
+  }
+}
+
 module "perm_env_data" {
   source   = "../modules/get-data"
   perm_env = var.perm_env