Make it easier to test by adding IncidentSeeder

app/database/seeds/DatabaseSeeder.php

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class DatabaseSeeder extends Seeder {
 		Eloquent::unguard();
 
 		$this->call('SettingsTableSeeder');
+		$this->call('IncidentTableSeeder');
 	}
 
 }

app/database/seeds/IncidentTableSeeder.php

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?php
+
+class IncidentTableSeeder extends Seeder {
+
+	/**
+	 * Run the database seeds.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function run()
+	{
+		Eloquent::unguard();
+
+		$defaultIncidents = [
+			[
+				"name" => "Test Incident",
+				"message" => "Something went wrong, oh noes."
+			],
+			[
+				"name" => "Update",
+				"message" => "We've found the problem, so we're looking at it.",
+				"status" => 2
+			],
+			[
+				"name" => "Monitoring the fix",
+				"message" => "We're checking that our fix will first work.",
+				"status" => 3
+			],
+			[
+				"name" => "Awesome",
+				"message" => "We totally nailed the fix.",
+				"status" => 4
+			]
+		];
+
+		Incident::truncate();
+
+		foreach($defaultIncidents as $incident) {
+			Incident::create($incident);
+		}
+	}
+}