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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malta | Mobile | Cell Broadcast | |||
| 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 | |
| Croatia | mobile handsets | Cell Broadcast | |||
| Croatia | mobile handsets | Location-based SMS | |||
| Croatia | Other | sirens, radio and TV stations | |||
| 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. | ||
| France | Cell Broadcast | ||||
| Finland | Radio/TV broadcast | Other | |||
| Finland | Public Warning Sirens | Other | |||
| Liechtenstein | App "Alert Swiss" | App | apple.com | ||
| Liechtenstein | App "Alert Swiss" | App | google.com | ||
| Luxembourg | N/A | Cell Broadcast | |||
| 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Iceland | SMS pushed to all phones connected to cells in the vicinity of an event. | Cell Broadcast | |||
| Slovenia | PW with sirens | Other | |||
| Bulgaria | Cell Broadcast | the system is under construction | |||
| 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 | |||
| Germany | Cell Broadcast | ||||
| Denmark | Emergency notifications, TV, radio, social media accounts and sirens. | Other | The Cell Broadcast System will be functioning from 1st March 2023 | ||
| Finland | App | 112.fi | 112.fi | ||
| 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 | contrataciondelestado.es | Link 2 | |
| Netherlands | Automatic | Cell Broadcast | crisis.nl | ||
| Lithuania | SMS | Cell Broadcast | e-seimas.lrs.lt | ||
| Country | Means of Access | Type of PWS | Link to PWS description | Link to PWS download | Additional Information |