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EU-Alert
EU-Alert is the generic term for the European Public Warning Service based upon Cell Broadcast technology. EU-Alert is compatible with Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) formerly known as the Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) standard as used in the United States. Since 2012, and by default, mobile phone OSes like Android, iOS, and Windows support EU-Alert/WEA/CMAS via Cell Broadcast for public warning messages. EU-Alert standard The EU-Alert standard (TS 102 900 V1.3.1) as defined by ETSI is the European Public Warning Service using the Cell Broadcast Service as a means of delivering public warning messages to the general public. Specific countries using the EU-Alert service are identified by replacing the letters EU with the Country Identification letters in ISO 3166-1 : * NL-Alert: The national variant of EU-Alert for the Netherlands. * GR-Alert: The national variant of EU-Alert for Greece. * LT-Alert: The national variant of EU-Alert for Lithuania. RO-Alert The national v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NL-Alert
NL-Alert is a Cell Broadcast Alarm device, alarm system in use by the Netherlands, Dutch government to quickly alert and inform citizens of hazardous or crisis situations. Using this system, authorities can send messages to users of mobile phones in specific areas by using specific cell towers to alert phones within their reach. NL-Alert is one of the first implementations of the EU-Alert or Reverse 1-1-2 legislation as defined by the binding European Electronic Communications Code (EECC) using the Cell Broadcast technology for the delivery of public warning messages to the general public. Usage of the Service The system was introduced nationally on 8 November 2012, and was first used in a large fire in Leek, Netherlands, Tolbert on 14 December 2012. The second use was in another fire in Meppel in 2013. NL-Alert has been used more than 200 times as of December 2017 for public warning purposes (e.g. large forest & industrial fires, severe weather conditions and gas leakages). Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
