The annual national siren test is scheduled for Saturday: about 8,300 fire sirens will have to deal with the civil protection test alarm and their function will be tested. Crying between 12 and 12.45 pm.
During the specified period, after the “siren test” signal, the three civil defense signals “warning”, “alarm” and “all clear” will sound throughout Austria.
KATWARN . Test Activation
In addition to sounding these sirens, a test activation of KATWARN Austria/Austria by the Federal Alert Center will also be performed during the test alarm. This means that information and alerts from different authorities are sent to individual mobile end devices such as smartphones, whether they are location-based or related to an event or topic. The system is intended to supplement warning options via sirens, loudspeakers and media.
Extended siren warning
The warning and alarm system is managed by the Ministry of the Interior together with the offices of the state governments. Austria is one of the few countries with a nationwide siren warning. Depending on the dangerous situation, it is activated by the Federal Warning Center in the Situation Center of the Ministry of the Interior, by the state warning centers of the individual states or by the district warning centers.
Source: Krone
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