Starting tomorrow, around 10:00 a.m., smartphones will begin beeping for a new emergency drill. Civil Protection has decided to launch a new test to test this system, which aims to notify citizens of possible emergencies. According to calculations, it will affect 500,000 people.
It is not the first, nor will it be the last time, that this type of alert is tested on smartphones. On this occasion, tomorrow, Wednesday, May 29, citizens of up to 22 municipalities in Spain will be surprised with an alert message accompanied by a loud beep directly on their phones, whether Android or iPhone.
It will affect about 500,000 inhabitants
Civil Protection retests the alerts in the event of a possible risk; in this case, they will carry out a simulation of a problem. In addition to the alerts on Android or iOS devices, a total of 50 sirens will also sound in 22 municipalities of Barcelona, also including the port and the Free Trade Zone, in addition to the Barcelonès, Baix Llobregat, Vallès Oriental and Vallès regions. Western. From this map You can check which sirens are available.
To be more exact, these are the municipalities in which the sirens will sound: Barcelona (Zona Franca and Port), Hospitalet de Llobregat, Cornellà de Llobregat, Prat de Llobregat, Viladecans, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Sant Joan Despí, Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Santa Coloma de Cervelló, Sant Andreu de la Barca, Martorell, Abrera, Olesa de Montserrat, Esparreguera, Castellbisbal, Polinyà, Santa Perpètua de Mogoda, Terrassa, Granollers, Lliçà de Vall, Montornès del Vallès and Parets del Vallès.
Although, the most important thing is that its mobile advertising system will be tested on about 500,000 people. Therefore, these citizens will receive an alert message on their smartphones starting tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. On the other hand, a confinement drill will also be carried out in Sant Boi de Llobregat, since it is an area with a larger population that could be affected by this particular emergency scenario.
The beeping on cell phones will affect some 500,000 users in the different areas supposedly affected by this emergency drill. So if you are within this area or close to a siren hearing radio, the truth is that you will receive a warning message about the start of the test. If you don’t know if you have this system activated on your phone, you can check it as follows:
- On Android: go to Settings, go to Security and Emergencies > Alerts > check the Civil Protection Pre-Alert option.
- On iPhone: go to Settings, go to the Notifications section, slide and look for the Civil Protection Pre-Alerts tab.
Therefore, with this new Civil Protection test, as they have already explained, the aim is to check once again that the alert systems work without problems. Just as there is also the purpose of preparing the inhabitants for a possible emergency scenario of different characteristics.
Regarding the duration of the test, which will be carried out tomorrow, it will last approximately 15 minutes. In addition, citizens will be warned that it is not a real risk, but rather an emergency drill. As has been done on previous occasions. For deaf people, they will receive a specific SMS-type message, and they will also receive a message from Civil Protection about the start of this alert sound. So starting at 10:00 a.m., your smartphone may beep loudly, but it will only be another test of this emergency system.
