Public Warning Systems

Information on Public Warning in EU countries

A single Union-wide database of Public Warning Systems has been established by virtue of the Roaming Regulation. This database intends to help roaming end-users in each Member State to be informed of all the Public Warning Systems (if applicable) deployed in the Union.

Data was last updated on: 26/07/2023

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Country	Means of Access	Type of PWS	Link to PWS description	Link to PWS download	Additional Information
Liechtenstein	Website "Alert Swiss"	Other	alert.swiss		Liechtenstein is integrated into the swiss platform. Available in German, English, French, Italian
Lithuania	Public Warning Sirens	Other	lt72.lt
Lithuania	SMS	Cell Broadcast	e-seimas.lrs.lt
Luxembourg	App	App	public.lu	google.com
Luxembourg	App	App	public.lu	apple.com
Luxembourg	N/A	Cell Broadcast
Malta	Mobile	Cell Broadcast
Netherlands	Automatic	Cell Broadcast	crisis.nl
Poland	Available by downloading free of charge	App	www.gov.pl	apple.com	System (RSO -Regionalny System Ostrzegania - Regional Warning System) for citizens in case of major emergencies is being developed.
Poland	Available by downloading free of charge	App	www.gov.pl	microsoft.com	System (RSO -Regionalny System Ostrzegania - Regional Warning System) for citizens in case of major emergencies is being developed.
Poland	Available by downloading free of charge	App	www.gov.pl	google.com	System (RSO -Regionalny System Ostrzegania - Regional Warning System) for citizens in case of major emergencies is being developed.
Poland	Text messages (Alert RCB) sends information about the threat to mobile networks operators, who immediately forward it to their subscribers. Anyone who has a mobile phone switched on, if present within the emergency messaging area (the "danger zone"), will receive a short text message (SMS) informing about the type of threat.	Location-based SMS	www.gov.pl		Alert RCB – SMS warning system, available for citizens in case of local threats.
Portugal	N/A	Location-based SMS			SMS warning system, available for citizens in case of local threats. Sent by the operators to their customers/roamers (in) in case of the emergency situation.
Romania	DSU is the application developed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs for mobile phones with Android and iOS systems, able to receive alerts from traffic, weather or natural calamity warnings.	App	fiipregatit.ro	google.com	The app is free of charge and can be downloaded to phones from Google Play and AppStore.
Romania	DSU is the application developed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs for mobile phones with Android and iOS systems, able to receive alerts from traffic, weather or natural calamity warnings.	App	fiipregatit.ro	apple.com	The app is free of charge and can be downloaded to phones from Google Play and AppStore.
Romania	RO-ALERT system allows sending Cell Broadcast messages to warn and alert citizens in case of emergency, according to the legal provisions.	Cell Broadcast	ro-alert.ro
Slovakia	Civil defence warning signals sent out through sirens	Other	minv.sk
Slovenia	PW with sirens	Other
Slovenia	Web, Google Play Store, App Store	App	sos112.si		At the moment not available, following cyber attack.
Spain	Warning notifications in a timely manner to mobile subscribers	Cell Broadcast	interior.gob.es		Link 1
Spain	Warning notifications in a timely manner to mobile subscribers	Cell Broadcast	contrataciondelestado.es		Link 2
Sweden		Location-based SMS	sosalarm.se
Sweden		App	sosalarm.se	sosalarm.se
Test	Test	Test	Test.com	Test.com	Test tEst
Test	Test	Test	Test.com	Test.com	Test tEst
Country	Means of Access	Type of PWS	Link to PWS description	Link to PWS download	Additional Information