Attention, test alarm!
Sirens, information boards and apps: The third nationwide warning day takes place on Thursday
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The nationwide warning day takes place again on the second Thursday in September. On September 14th, the Federal Office for Civil Protection wants to raise alarms on a trial basis using sirens, information boards, television, radio, cell broadcast and warning apps.
At the September 14th The third nationwide warning day is taking place in Germany. On the joint day of action by the federal, state and local governments A test alarm will be triggered from 11 a.m, which is intended to reach people across Germany via various channels, including warning apps, radio and television and display boards. Around 38,000 sirens will also be heard. The all-clear was given at around 11:45 a.m.
The nationwide warning day serves to test the warning systems and is intended to provide information about how many people are reached.
How does the alarm work?
From 11:00 a.m., the test warning will be sent in the form of a warning text to all warning multipliers – TV, radio, apps, digital information boards – connected to the federal government’s modular warning system (MoWaS for short). At the same time, other available warning devices such as sirens or loudspeaker trucks can be used. The test alarm lasts 45 minutes.
Warnings also via cell phone
The cell phone warning system Cell Broadcast will also provide warnings again this year. Every cell phone user who is in a certain area should have one Message on the cell phone received, announced by a noise. However, only if the device is switched on and not too old and the necessary updates have been made. About Cell Broadcast is currently no all-clear has been sent yet. The possibility of giving the all-clear via this warning channel is currently being examined by mobile network operators, among others.
Warning day 2022: Alarm reached 90 percent of the population
A lot went wrong on the first nationwide warning day in 2020, which cost the then BBK boss, Christoph Unger, his job. Last year, however, things went better. A survey of the population with more than 800,000 participants showed that around 90 percent of the population was reached with at least one warning device. Although this is not yet 100 percent, as it should be in the best case in order to reach every single one, we are still very satisfied with the result, explains Marianne Suntrup, press spokeswoman for the Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Protection (BBK). to the NDR.
Sources: bbk.bund.de, ndr.de