Public Warning Systems
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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. Â
Data was last updated on: 26/07/2023
| Country | Means of Access | Type of PWS | Link to PWS description | Link to PWS download | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liechtenstein | App "Alert Swiss" | App | google.com | ||
| Liechtenstein | App "Alert Swiss" | App | apple.com | ||
| Latvia | Messaging | Other | SMS as a part of Public Warning in the case of the emergency situation. SMS (text provided by the services involved in solving of emergency situtation) is sent by the operators to their customers/abonents in case of the emergency situation. | ||
| Italy | Public | Cell Broadcast | it-alert.gov.it | IT-alert. The system uses the CAP (Common Alerting Protocol), in the Italian CAP-IT profile. The system can release the messages produced in an open format, always using other standard formats (json, rss), in order to be able in future to re-launch the IT-alert messages also on digital motorway billboards, control rooms, television but also on social networks. The system is currently in an experimental and testing phase and pilot region tests have been organized and are being organised. | |
| Iceland | SMS pushed to all phones connected to cells in the vicinity of an event. | Cell Broadcast | |||
| Hungary | VESZ Application | App | katasztrofavedelem.hu | apple.com | For the use of the VESZ application: 1) no pre-registration is needed 2) the knowledge of Hungarian language is needed 3) further upgrade of the application for roamers is in progress |
| Hungary | VESZ Application | App | katasztrofavedelem.hu | google.com | For the use of the VESZ application: 1) no pre-registration is needed 2) the knowledge of Hungarian language is needed 3) further upgrade of the application for roamers is in progress |
| Hungary | SMS | Location-based SMS | Legislation (only in Hungarian language): https://njt.hu/eli/UT/2020/BM/16. Location based PWS SMS will be sent from the following numbers depending on the visited network: 1840 (short number), or +36705511200. | ||
| Greece | Smartphones set to allow reception of CB alerts | Cell Broadcast | civilprotection.gov.gr | Webpage of the Ministry for Climate Change and Civil Protection, with information about 112 and subscription form. CB is also enabled for roamers | |
| Germany | Cell Broadcast | ||||
| France | Cell Broadcast | ||||
| Finland | Public Warning Sirens | Other | |||
| Finland | App | 112.fi | 112.fi | ||
| Finland | Radio/TV broadcast | Other | |||
| Denmark | Emergency notifications, TV, radio, social media accounts and sirens. | Other | The Cell Broadcast System will be functioning from 1st March 2023 | ||
| Czechia | This emergency service is accessible to every person with a mobile device present in the targeted location at the time of broadcast. Neither application download nor user registration of any kind is required. | Location-based SMS | |||
| Croatia | Other | sirens, radio and TV stations | |||
| Croatia | mobile handsets | Location-based SMS | |||
| Croatia | mobile handsets | Cell Broadcast | |||
| Bulgaria | Cell Broadcast | the system is under construction | |||
| Belgium | Other | be-alert.be | be-alert.be | website available in dutch, french, german and english, a user can register his phone and email to receive targeted messages additional to messages of Location-based SMS system. | |
| Belgium | Location-based SMS | ibz.be | inscription is automatic as soon as a user (mobile phone) is active on the national territory, user will receive warning messages if location is within a defined area. | ||
| Belgium | Location-based SMS | be-alert.be | inscription is automatic as soon as a user (mobile phone) is active on the national territory, user will receive warning messages if location is within a defined area. | ||
| Austria | App | App | bmi.gv.at | apple.com | For German end users roaming in Austria, the German version of the Katwarn app must be used, download link: https://www.katwarn.de/anmeldung-app.php |
| Austria | App | App | bmi.gv.at | google.com | For German end users roaming in Austria, the German version of the Katwarn app must be used, download link: https://www.katwarn.de/anmeldung-app.php |
| Country | Means of Access | Type of PWS | Link to PWS description | Link to PWS download | Additional Information |