Sirens and Cell Broadcast
The nationwide warning day is over – so you can help the authorities now
The test warnings also appeared on displays on digital advertising columns or, like here in the Berlin S-Bahn station Friedrichstrasse, on the nationwide warning day 2022
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All-clear everywhere: the fictitious danger is over. On the nationwide warning day, the warning systems were tested this Thursday. The authorities now want to know from you how well it went.
The nationwide warning day 2022 is over. At 11.45 a.m. the all-clear was given for the fictitious danger, which literally caused the alarm sirens in Germany to sound at 11 a.m. And one thing can already be said: this year’s warning day was more successful than the premiere two years ago. At that time, the warnings reached the population too late or not at all.
Survey for the nationwide warning day
That is not the case this year. At the seat of star-Redaktion in Hamburg the storm surge sirens howled, the test alarm could be read on information displays on the street, Radio Hamburg interrupted its program as a test, treadmills ran on television and the warning apps and the new cell broadcast system also hit many people phones on.
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Employees of companies and authorities at federal, state and local level were out all morning to check on site whether the warnings were getting where they should be. But they can’t be everywhere – that’s why the Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK), in cooperation with the Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony, is supporting people in Germany in evaluating the warning day.
Under “warntag-umfrage.de” can you share your experiences with the BBK: Were you warned? If so, which way? What do you think of the various warning options? And do you like an annual nationwide warning day? These and other questions need to be answered, participation takes less than five minutes.
It is not yet clear when a balance sheet for the 2022 warning day will be available. The nationwide warning day is to take place annually in September in the future.
Sources: Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster AssistanceDPA news agency