Barcelona will receive an alert notice on all mobile phones today: what it means and what time it will arrive
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With the latest storm as a result of DANA that has hit much of the country, the effectiveness of emergency services alerts has been demonstrated. These alarms, which in principle can cause some confusion among citizens, can also save lives at a time when a sudden change in weather begins to destroy everything in its path, as has happened in the Community of Madrid..
Now, the Generalitat plans to carry out a similar test in the city of Barcelona and its surroundings. Civil Protection will launch the notices to all mobile phones found in the Barcelona area on September 14. It will be the first to be done in this area and it is the one with the greatest reach in terms of population susceptible to receiving the message in case of serious emergency, almost 5 million people..
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📳🔔The test of the #ProteccioCivil alert system on mobile phones in the #Barcelona area will take place next September 14
➡ The test will consist of four shipments per geographical area
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— Civil protection (@emergenciescat) September 5, 2023
For better tracking, the shipment will be made by geographical sectors at different times of the day. Firstly, at 10.00 am the alert message will be sent to mobile phones in Vallès Oriental, Maresme, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Badalona and Santa Coloma de Gramenet; at 11:00 a.m. in Barcelona; at 12.00 in the Western Vallès; and at 1 p.m. in Baix Llobregat and L'Hospitalet de Llobregat.
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Anyone with a smartphone will receive a message on their screen, first in Catalan and then in Spanish, which will not disappear until their acceptance is confirmed.. You should know that, in the case of devices with Android operating system, it is necessary to have version 11 or higher installed, and at least version 15.6 in the case of iOS.
Likewise, all mobile phones that are in the area, even if they are people passing through, should receive the SMS. Specifically, the message they will receive will be the following: 'Civil Protection alert test of the Generalitat de Catalunya. Don't call 112, it's a test. In a real emergency you would receive instructions to protect yourself.'
This will be the fifth test carried out in Catalonia. The first was in Lleida, the Alt Pirineu and l'Aran on February 28, the second in the veguerías of Tarragona, Terres de l'Ebre and Penedès (April 12), the third in the veguerías of Central Catalonia and Girona (April 27) and the fourth was a repetition in Tarragona, Terres de l'Ebre and Penedès.