A system and method are disclosed for delivering an alert from a mobile alerting system using distributed notification delivery. The method uses a mobile alerting system to receive an alert initiation request from an alert operator, where the alert initiation request includes metadata of an alert to be delivered. The method extracts the metadata from the alert initiation request and persistently stores the extracted metadata in a first storage place on the mobile alerting system. The method further makes an alert initiation request with one or more remote communication systems based on the extracted metadata of the alert. The method securely delivers the alert initiation request and extracted metadata to the remote communication system, which stores the metadata transiently in a second place, delivers the alert to multiple alert recipients tracks delivery progress and reports the collected alert responses back to the mobile alerting system.