diff --git a/src/dispatch/incident/messaging.py b/src/dispatch/incident/messaging.py
index c12165df0a55..a4c735576e5a 100644
--- a/src/dispatch/incident/messaging.py
+++ b/src/dispatch/incident/messaging.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def send_welcome_ephemeral_message_to_participant(
     message_kwargs = {
         "name": incident.name,
         "title": incident.title,
-        "description": incident.description,
+        "description": f"{incident.description[:500]}...",
         "status": incident.status,
         "type": incident.incident_type.name,
         "type_description": incident.incident_type.description,
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def send_welcome_email_to_participant(
     message_kwargs = {
         "name": incident.name,
         "title": incident.title,
-        "description": incident.description,
+        "description": f"{incident.description[:500]}...",
         "status": incident.status,
         "type": incident.incident_type.name,
         "type_description": incident.incident_type.description,
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ def send_incident_created_notifications(incident: Incident, db_session: SessionL
     notification_kwargs = {
         "name": incident.name,
         "title": incident.title,
-        "description": incident.description,
+        "description": f"{incident.description[:500]}...",
         "status": incident.status,
         "type": incident.incident_type.name,
         "type_description": incident.incident_type.description,
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ def send_incident_resources_ephemeral_message_to_participant(
 
     message_kwargs = {
         "title": incident.title,
-        "description": incident.description,
+        "description": f"{incident.description[:500]}...",
         "commander_fullname": incident.commander.individual.name,
         "commander_team": incident.commander.team,
         "commander_weblink": incident.commander.individual.weblink,
@@ -766,8 +766,8 @@ def send_incident_closed_information_review_reminder(incident: Incident, db_sess
         {
             "name": incident.name,
             "title": incident.title,
-            "description": f"{incident.description[:100]}",
-            "resolution": f"{incident.resolution[:100]}",
+            "description": f"{incident.description[:100]}...",
+            "resolution": f"{incident.resolution[:100]}...",
             "type": incident.incident_type.name,
             "priority": incident.incident_priority.name,
             "dispatch_ui_incident_url": f"{DISPATCH_UI_URL}/{incident.project.organization.name}/incidents/{incident.name}",
diff --git a/src/dispatch/messaging/strings.py b/src/dispatch/messaging/strings.py
index 24c30687ed98..194bf97dcf46 100644
--- a/src/dispatch/messaging/strings.py
+++ b/src/dispatch/messaging/strings.py
@@ -713,6 +713,10 @@ def render_message_template(message_template: List[dict], **kwargs):
         if d.get("text"):
             d["text"] = Template(d["text"]).render(**kwargs)
 
+            # NOTE: we truncate the string to 2500 characters
+            # to prevent hitting limits on SaaS integrations (e.g. Slack)
+            d["text"] = d["text"] if len(d["text"]) <= 2500 else d["text"][:2500]
+
         # render a new button array given the template
         if d.get("buttons"):
             for button in d["buttons"]: