How Austria's Sirens and AT-Alert Performed in Saturday's Nationwide Test
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How Austria's sirens and AT-Alert performed in Saturday's nationwide test
Almost all of Austria's emergency sirens worked as planned during the annual civil protection test, although more failures were recorded than last year. The country's AT-Alert mobile warning system was also put to the test.
Tomorrow, Saturday, October 3rd, the sirens and mobile phones will cry again throughout Austria. The test alarm is intended to test the technical facilities of the warning and alarm system, as the Federal Ministry reported in a message.
On Saturday, October 3rd, around 8,300 sirens will be tested. In 2025, only 37 people across Austria failed. In addition, the AT alert will also be triggered on the mobile phones.
The population is to be familiarized with the signals by the test alarms. Also the test messages about the mobile phones are to have been sent out successfully
AT-Alert twice successfully shippedIn Tyrol, it was loud today – because on the annual Austrian Civil Protection Day, the functioning of all 1,025 sirens with four different signal charges was checked. In addition, the Austrian-wide population warning system AT-Alert was tested twice. The balance is very positive: 99.7 percent and therefore 1,022 Tyrolean sirens worked. Harmful devices are repaired immediately. The triggering of AT-Alert – once …
On Saturday, the annual civil protection sample alarm will be carried out in Austria. More than 1,300 sirens will be tested in Styria. Surveys show that some people do not know what the individual signals mean. At the same time, the population warning system "AT Alert" will be tested on mobile phones.
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