The Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance will trigger all available warning devices nationwide at 11 a.m. on this day (e.g. warning apps and warning messages via radio). More than 100 sirens will also be switched on in the Ludwigsburg district at 11 am: The warning signal "One minute wail" means in an emergency: "There is an immediate danger in the area or this danger 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 a.m., the all-clear is given with the signal "One minute continuous tone", which 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, Kornwestheim, Korntal-Münchingen, Marbach, Vaihingen and Freiberg am Neckar. Eberdingen is not connected to the general disaster alert network with its sirens, but can only use them for local fire department alerts.
In towns and municipalities that do not have sirens or are not connected to the general disaster alert network, the population is warned in the event of an emergency by loudspeaker vans and the federal government's NINA (Emergency Information and News App) warning app, as well as by cell broadcast.
Test warning from the "Cell Broadcast" service will also be sent out again
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.
The aim of the nationwide warning day is to check the technical warning infrastructure, familiarize citizens with the topic and provide them with the necessary knowledge about warning channels and procedures.
Further information can be found on the website www.bundesweiter-warntag.de.
