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#Germany #INPORTANT #INFO in English

On Thursday the sirens wail for the first time in 30 years across Germany. During the first nationwide test alarm since reunification, various warning options for the event of a disaster are to be tested, such as sirens,

messages via social media and warning apps. The nationwide warning day will take place for the first time on September 10, 2020 and will then be annually on the second Thursday in September carried out. On the joint day of action by the federal and state governments,

all warning devices will be tested throughout Germany. Precisely at 11 a.m., the warning devices such as sirens are triggered simultaneously in counties and municipalities in all countries with a test alarm. The all-clear follows at 11.20 a.m.

The warning day or warnings are based on the federal modular warning system. Various "warning multipliers" are connected to this, which are supposed to spread the test warning so that it reaches radios, TV stations and warning apps.

At the same time, "communal warning devices" are triggered at the level of the federal states, in the districts and in the municipalities, writes the Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief. These include, for example, sirens and loudspeaker trucks.

Billboards in subways, newspaper offices, social networks and news apps should also play out the test alarm. There will be many sirens wailing, but the local authorities will decide exactly which warning devices are used.

The federal emergency information and news app, "NINA" for short, was developed by the Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Aid (BBK) in Bonn and is linked to the so-called modular warning system.

This is the federal government's satellite-based warning system that broadcasts warnings from the BBK and local warnings from the control centers. NINA also receives weather warnings from the German Weather Service and flood warnings.

The app is available free of charge for iOS and Android. The NINA information is also displayed on other warning apps such as Katwarn or Biwapp.

The alarm can go off on a variety of occasions. This includes:

- Natural hazards
- Accidents in chemical plants
- Pathogens
- radioactivity
- Fire
- Gun violence, attacks

The warnings can come from different institutions depending on the danger area, for example from the fire brigade, police, flood control centers or the German Weather Service.

NINA (Google App store):
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