The aim of the nationwide warning day is to review the technical warning infrastructure and to familiarize citizens and the media with the topic of warnings. The necessary knowledge about warning routes and procedures is also to be imparted.
Around 100 sirens are switched on in the district
The Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance will activate all available warning devices (e.g. warning apps and warning messages via radio) nationwide at 11 a.m. on this day. As a result, around 100 sirens will also be switched on in the Ludwigsburg district at 11 am: The "one minute wail" signal means in an emergency: there is an imminent danger in the area or this is to be expected shortly. The population is called upon to use all possible information media for further information, such as local and regional radio stations, and to follow the official instructions.
At 11:45 a.m., the sirens are switched on again with the signal "One minute continuous tone", which means that there is no longer any acute danger. Some towns and municipalities in the district have no sirens: Ludwigsburg, Kornwestheim, Korntal-Münchingen, Marbach, Vaihingen, Ditzingen 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.
Alternative warning methods are also being tested
In towns and municipalities that no longer have sirens or are not connected to the general disaster alert network, the population is warned in the event of an emergency by loudspeaker vehicles, the NINA warning app (emergency information and news app) from the federal government and also by 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 conventional cell phones) in a specific section of the mobile network, a so-called radio cell.
