diff --git a/priv/frontend/package-lock.json b/priv/frontend/package-lock.json
index f4073ed..6c332a4 100644
--- a/priv/frontend/package-lock.json
+++ b/priv/frontend/package-lock.json
@@ -1902,9 +1902,9 @@
       }
     },
     "classnames": {
-      "version": "2.2.5",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/classnames/-/classnames-2.2.5.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-+zgB1FNGdknvNgPH1hoCvRKb3m0="
+      "version": "2.2.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/classnames/-/classnames-2.2.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-JR/iSQOSt+LQIWwrwEzJ9uk0xfN3mTVYMwt1Ir5mUcSN6pU+V4zQFFaJsclJbPuAUQH+yfWef6tm7l1quW3C8Q=="
     },
     "clean-css": {
       "version": "4.1.11",
@@ -9157,6 +9157,11 @@
         "reduce-css-calc": "1.3.0"
       },
       "dependencies": {
+        "classnames": {
+          "version": "2.2.5",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/classnames/-/classnames-2.2.5.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-+zgB1FNGdknvNgPH1hoCvRKb3m0="
+        },
         "core-js": {
           "version": "2.5.1",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/core-js/-/core-js-2.5.1.tgz",
diff --git a/priv/frontend/package.json b/priv/frontend/package.json
index c40c68a..894df5f 100644
--- a/priv/frontend/package.json
+++ b/priv/frontend/package.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     "@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core": "^1.2.0-14",
     "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons": "^5.1.0-11",
     "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome": "0.1.0-11",
+    "classnames": "^2.2.6",
     "ms": "^2.1.1",
     "nanoevents": "^1.0.5",
     "prop-types": "^15.6.2",
diff --git a/priv/frontend/src/components/App.js b/priv/frontend/src/components/App.js
index 229085f..f4b163f 100644
--- a/priv/frontend/src/components/App.js
+++ b/priv/frontend/src/components/App.js
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ import Service from './Service.js'
 import ServicePlaceholder from './ServicePlaceholder.js'
 import DegradedNotice from './DegradedNotice.js'
 import StreamingClient from '../ws/client'
-import { log, objectFromEntries } from '../util.js'
+import Status from './Status'
+import { log, objectFromEntries, strictFetch } from '../util.js'
 import { domain as DOMAIN } from '../config.json'
 
 export default class App extends Component {
@@ -15,10 +16,17 @@ export default class App extends Component {
     loading: true,
     error: null,
     metrics: null,
+    incident: null,
   }
 
   async componentDidMount () {
     await this.loadMetrics()
+    await this.loadIncident()
+
+    this.setState({ loading: false })
+    if (this.state.error) {
+      return
+    }
 
     const endpoint = `${DOMAIN}/api/streaming`
       .replace('https', 'wss')
@@ -28,6 +36,16 @@ export default class App extends Component {
 
     this.client.on('status', this.handleStatus.bind(this))
     this.client.on('latency', this.handleLatency.bind(this))
+
+    this.client.on('incident_new', (incident) => {
+      this.setState({ incident })
+    })
+    this.client.on('incident_update', (incident) => {
+      this.setState({ incident })
+    })
+    this.client.on('incident_close', () => {
+      this.setState({ incident: null })
+    })
   }
 
   handleStatus (name, [, status]) {
@@ -78,23 +96,24 @@ export default class App extends Component {
     log('loading metrics')
 
     try {
-      var resp = await fetch(`${DOMAIN}/api/status`)
-    } catch (err) {
-      this.setState({
-        error: `Network error: ${err}`,
-      })
+      var resp = await strictFetch(`${DOMAIN}/api/status`)
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.setState({ error })
     }
 
-    if (!resp.ok) {
-      this.setState({
-        error: `Failed to fetch stats (${resp.status} ${resp.statusText})`,
-      })
-      return
+    this.setState({ metrics: await resp.json() })
+  }
+
+  async loadIncident () {
+    log('loading current incident')
+
+    try {
+      var resp = await strictFetch(`${DOMAIN}/api/incidents/current`)
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.setState({ error })
     }
 
-    const json = await resp.json()
-
-    this.setState({ metrics: json, loading: false })
+    this.setState({ incident: await resp.json() })
   }
 
   render () {
@@ -109,9 +128,12 @@ export default class App extends Component {
       ))
 
       const down = allServices.filter(([, { status }]) => !status)
-      const notice = down.length > 0
-        ? <DegradedNotice services={objectFromEntries(down)}/>
-        : null
+      let notice = <Status incident={this.state.incident}/>
+      if (!this.state.incident && down.length > 0) {
+        notice = down.length > 0
+          ? <DegradedNotice services={objectFromEntries(down)}/>
+          : null
+      }
 
       metrics = (
         <div className="services">
diff --git a/priv/frontend/src/components/DegradedNotice.css b/priv/frontend/src/components/DegradedNotice.css
index b9268cd..449f06d 100644
--- a/priv/frontend/src/components/DegradedNotice.css
+++ b/priv/frontend/src/components/DegradedNotice.css
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   padding: 1rem;
   margin: 1rem 0;
   border: solid 1px hsla(0, 100%, 80%, 1);
-  background: hsla(0, 100%, 90%, 1);
+  background: hsla(0, 100%, 95%, 1);
 }
 
 .degraded-notice header {
diff --git a/priv/frontend/src/components/Incident.css b/priv/frontend/src/components/Incident.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82f463b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/priv/frontend/src/components/Incident.css
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+.incident h2 {
+  margin-top: 0;
+  margin-bottom: 1rem;
+}
+
+.incident p {
+  margin: 0;
+  hyphens: auto;
+}
+
+.incident footer {
+  margin-top: 1rem;
+  font-size: 0.75em;
+  color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
+}
diff --git a/priv/frontend/src/components/Incident.js b/priv/frontend/src/components/Incident.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d58d4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/priv/frontend/src/components/Incident.js
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
+
+import './Incident.css'
+import Stage from './Stage'
+import ms from 'ms'
+
+const OUTAGE_TYPES = {
+  major_outage: 'Major Outage',
+  outage: 'Outage',
+  partial_outage: 'Partial Outage',
+  degraded_service: 'Degraded Service',
+}
+
+const Incident = ({ incident }) => {
+  const { content, end_date: end, start_date: start, title, type, stages } = incident
+  const ago = ms(Date.now() - start * 1000)
+  const agoEnd = end ? ms(Date.now - end * 1000) : null
+
+  const stageNodes = stages.map(
+    (stage) => <Stage key={stage.title} stage={stage}/>
+  )
+
+  return (
+    <div className="incident">
+      <h2>{OUTAGE_TYPES[type] || type}: {title}</h2>
+      <p>{content}</p>
+      <footer>
+        Started {ago} ago
+        {end ? `, ended ${agoEnd} ago` : null}
+      </footer>
+      {stageNodes.length
+        ? (
+          <div className="stages">
+            {stageNodes}
+          </div>
+        )
+        : null
+      }
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+Incident.propTypes = {
+  incident: PropTypes.shape({
+    content: PropTypes.string,
+    end_date: PropTypes.number,
+    start_date: PropTypes.number,
+    title: PropTypes.string,
+    type: PropTypes.string,
+    stages: PropTypes.array,
+  }),
+}
+
+export default Incident
diff --git a/priv/frontend/src/components/Stage.js b/priv/frontend/src/components/Stage.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc8ae67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/priv/frontend/src/components/Stage.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
+
+import ms from 'ms'
+
+const Stage = ({ stage }) => {
+  const { created_at: createdAt, title, content } = stage
+  const ago = ms(Date.now() - createdAt * 1000)
+
+  return (
+    <div className="stage">
+      <h3>{title}</h3>
+      <p>{content}</p>
+      <footer>{ago} ago</footer>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+Stage.propTypes = {
+  stage: PropTypes.shape({
+    created_at: PropTypes.number,
+    title: PropTypes.string,
+    content: PropTypes.string,
+  })
+}
+
+export default Stage
diff --git a/priv/frontend/src/components/Status.css b/priv/frontend/src/components/Status.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7d7d42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/priv/frontend/src/components/Status.css
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+.status {
+  margin: 1rem 0;
+  border: solid 1px var(--border);
+  background-color: var(--bg);
+  padding: 1em;
+  border-radius: 0.25rem;
+}
+
+.status-bad {
+  --border: hsla(0, 100%, 80%, 1);
+  --bg: hsla(0, 100%, 95%, 1);
+}
+
+.status-good {
+  --border: hsla(120, 100%, 80%, 1);
+  --bg: hsla(120, 100%, 95%, 1);
+}
diff --git a/priv/frontend/src/components/Status.js b/priv/frontend/src/components/Status.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fada855
--- /dev/null
+++ b/priv/frontend/src/components/Status.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
+import classnames from 'classnames'
+
+import './Status.css'
+import Incident from './Incident'
+
+const Status = ({ incident }) => {
+  let view = null
+  if (incident) {
+    view = <Incident incident={incident}/>
+  } else {
+    view = 'All systems operational'
+  }
+
+  const className = classnames(
+    'status',
+    incident == null ? 'status-good' : 'status-bad',
+  )
+  return (
+    <div className={className}>
+      {view}
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+Status.propTypes = {
+  incident: PropTypes.object,
+}
+
+export default Status
diff --git a/priv/frontend/src/util.js b/priv/frontend/src/util.js
index ba96c3e..af6e6f6 100644
--- a/priv/frontend/src/util.js
+++ b/priv/frontend/src/util.js
@@ -14,3 +14,13 @@ export function objectFromEntries (entries) {
     {}
   )
 }
+
+export async function strictFetch (...args) {
+  const resp = await fetch(...args)
+
+  if (!resp.ok) {
+    throw new Error(`Failed to fetch: ${resp.status} ${resp.statusText}`)
+  }
+
+  return resp
+}