They resume once again testing activities of the public warning system IT-alertwith some new experiments on specific risks which will be carried out in the next few days in some municipalities of the Lombardy he was born in Friuli Venezia Giulia.
He announced it last June 19, 2024on the IT-alert website, the Department of Civil Protectionwhich is responsible for managing the alert service, specifying that this new series of tests is aimed, in particular, at perfect the use of the system for the scenarios of major industrial accident And collapse of large dams.
As already reported by MondoMobileWebafter various tests carried out in the territories the IT-alert alarm system officially came into operation on 13 February 2024becoming operational, in particular, for four types of risk: collapse of a large dam, major accidents in industrial plants, nuclear accidents or radiological emergency situations And volcanic activity in the areas of Campi Flegrei, Vesuvius and Vulcano Island.
For the remaining scenarios provided for by Directive of 7 February 2023 from the Minister of Civil Protection and Maritime Policiesthat is to say tsunami generated by an earthquake, volcanic activity of Stromboli And intense rainfalllast February 8, 2024, the was established 1 year extension of the trial periodwhich will therefore continue approximately until February 12, 2025.
IT-alert, therefore, is already in operation for the risks covered by the new testing activities. The Civil Protection, in any case, underlined that in order to optimize the operation of the serviceit is necessary to proceed anyway periodic tests.
For the Department of Civil Protection, these are useful tests not only for perfect the technology in usebut also to keep attention high on the related risks and increase population awareness.
New IT-alert tests in Lombardy and Friuli Venezia Giulia
According to what is indicated on the IT-alert website, a total of 4 testswhich will take place in particular from 25 to 27 June 2024, and then on 3 July 2024as already mentioned in the Regions Lombardy And Friuli Venezia Giulia.
The June 25, 2024specifically, we will start with the Lombardywhere a series of alerts will be simulated for major industrial accidentaccording to the following calendar:
- At 9:00 amin the factory A2A AMBIENTE SPA in Corteolona (PV);
- At 10:00 amin the factory ENI SPA in Sannazzaro de Burgondi (PV);
- At 11:00 amin the factory SICOR SRL in Villanterio (PV);
- At 12:00in the factory Innocent Deposits in Lodi.
The June 26, 2024we will continue, instead, with the only simulation of collapse of large dams currently scheduled in the calendar, which will involve the Friuli Venezia Giulia:
- At 12:00in the Tul Dam in Pordenone.
On the same date, the simulation of an industrial accident in the Autonomous Province of Trento was also scheduled, which was then postponed to a date yet to be defined.
We then continue June 27, 2024 back into Lombardywith the following simulations of a major accident in an industrial plant:
- At 9:00 amin the factory Mariani srl in Lodi;
- At 10:00 amin the factory Corsini Road Transport in Tavazzano with Villavesco (LO);
- At 11:00 amin the factory Nord Chemical Products in Guardamiglio (LO);
- At 12:00in the factory Number 1 Logictics in Secugnago (LO).
Finally, it will always end in LombardyThe July 3, 2024with the latest industrial accident alerts at the following times:
- At 9:00 amin the factory Italmach Chemical Spa in Arese (MI);
- At 10:00 amin the factory Industriale Ese Srl in Arluno (MI);
- At 11:00 amin the factory Olon Spa in Rodano (MI);
- At 12:00in the factory RAINOLDI SRL in Levate (BG).
In the same way as experiments carried out in the previous monthsthese new simulations will also predict sending a test message to the switched-on cell phones with a telephone connection of those who will be in the target areas.
In particular, regarding the simulation of major industrial accidentsThe notification text that citizens in the area affected by the test will receive will be as follows:
TEST TEST IT-alert test message. A SIMULATION of an accident is underway in an industrial plant in the area where you are located. To find out the message you will receive in case of real danger and to fill out the questionnaire go to www.it-alert.gov.it TEST TEST
Below, however, is reported message dedicated to the scenario of collapse of large dams:
TEST TEST IT-alert test message. A SIMULATION of a dam collapse is underway in the area where you are located. To find out the message you will receive in case of real danger and to fill out the questionnaire go to www.it-alert.gov.it TEST TEST
On the days of the tests, it will be possible to access an in-depth page directly from the homepage of the IT-alert website where it will be possible to view the text of the message that citizens would receive in the event of real danger due to that specific riskas well as information on the specific case.
Furthermore, always from the homepage or the in-depth page, it will be possible to reach the questionnaire which, as with the previous tests, all those who will be in the territories involved will be invited to complete to help implement the system.
How IT-alert messages work
The message that is sent with the IT-alert system is accompanied by a high volume alarm sound, followed in some cases also by a speech synthesis that repeats what is writtenboth in Italian and English.
Please remember that to receive IT-alert messages, even test ones, it is not necessary to take any action or download any app.
Even if the IT-alert item (present on the various devices in the emergency alerts section) is deactivated, messages both during testing and when the system is operational will still arrive on the devices since the maximum action level is used for sending.
If they are turned off or without reception, the devices do not receive system messages, while if the ringtone is set to silent mode they may not ring.
Notification of the IT-alert message on devices also depends on the mobile phone or smartphone model, operating system and version installed. In some cases, in fact, Using an old version of the operating system may cause problems receiving messages.
Tests in recent months have found that even older generation phones and non-smartphones receive the IT-alert notification.
The IT-alert system works thanks to cell broadcast technologyliterally “cell transmission”, which allows you to send messages to a group of geographically close telephone cells, capable of delimiting an area that corresponds as closely as possible to the one concerned. The notifications arrive even in cases of limited range or in cases of saturation of the telephone bandwidth, without any repercussions on the privacy levels set.
This technology allows you to send messages in a one-way manner, without the possibility for telephone operators to receive answers and know with certainty the cell phones that have actually been reached: who sends the information does not hold any data regarding the devices, not even the telephone number.
The service is based on so-called “camp” of telephones within the coverage range of the antennas that are activated: at the time the notification is sent, all devices turned on and with a telephone connection connected to the selected antennas will receive the message.
IT-alert goes to integrate the information and communication methods already foreseen to inform the population: IT-alert it does not replace all other emergency information tools, even and above all at a local level, but it complements themin the belief that inclusive communication aimed at everyone can only be multi-channel.
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