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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | Cell Broadcast | the system is under construction | |||
| France | Cell Broadcast | ||||
| Croatia | Other | sirens, radio and TV stations | |||
| 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. | ||
| Finland | App | 112.fi | 112.fi | ||
| 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 | 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. | |
| Germany | Cell Broadcast | ||||
| Sweden | App | sosalarm.se | sosalarm.se | ||
| Sweden | Location-based SMS | sosalarm.se | |||
| 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 |
| Luxembourg | App | App | public.lu | apple.com | |
| Luxembourg | App | App | public.lu | google.com | |
| Liechtenstein | App "Alert Swiss" | App | apple.com | ||
| Liechtenstein | App "Alert Swiss" | App | google.com | ||
| Netherlands | Automatic | Cell Broadcast | crisis.nl | ||
| 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 | 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 | google.com | System (RSO -Regionalny System Ostrzegania - Regional Warning System) for citizens in case of major emergencies is being developed. |
| Slovakia | Civil defence warning signals sent out through sirens | Other | minv.sk | ||
| 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 | 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. |
| Denmark | Emergency notifications, TV, radio, social media accounts and sirens. | Other | The Cell Broadcast System will be functioning from 1st March 2023 | ||
| 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. | ||
| Country | Means of Access | Type of PWS | Link to PWS description | Link to PWS download | Additional Information |