The aim of the nationwide warning day is to check the technical warning infrastructure, to familiarize citizens and the media with the topic of warnings and to impart knowledge about warning routes and procedures.
More than 120 sirens are also sounded in the Ludwigsburg district
The Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance will trigger all available warning devices nationwide at 11 am on this day (e.g. warning apps and warning messages via radio). More than 120 sirens will also be sounded in the Ludwigsburg district at 11 am. In an emergency, the warning signal "One minute wail" means: "There is an immediate danger in the area or this is to be expected shortly. Use all possible information media for further instructions, these are broadcast by all local and regional radio stations. Follow the official instructions." At 11:45, the all-clear is given with the signal "One minute continuous tone". This means: "There is no longer any acute danger. Use all possible information media to obtain further information."
Some towns and municipalities in the district do not have sirens: Ludwigsburg, Korntal-Münchingen, Marbach am Neckar and Vaihingen an der Enz. In Freiberg am Neckar, the sirens are currently being set up and are expected to be activated on the nationwide warning day. Eberdingen's sirens are not connected to the general disaster alert network, but can only be used for local fire department alerts.
On the warning day, a test warning message is again sent via cell broadcast
In towns and municipalities that do not have sirens or are not connected to the general disaster alert network, the population is warned in an emergency by loudspeaker vans and the federal government's NINA (Emergency Information and News App) warning app and also via Cell Broadcast.
A test warning message from the Cell Broadcast service will also be sent out again on this year's Nationwide Warning Day. Cell Broadcast can be used to send warning messages to all mobile devices (smartphones and cell phones) in a specific section of the mobile network, a so-called radio cell. The mobile devices must be switched on for this and must not be in flight mode. No all-clear is given via cell broadcast.
Further information can be found on the website www.bundesweiter-warntag.de.
