Public service Civil protection relies on multi-channel alerting
In the event of incidents such as the current storms in Valais or Ticino, the Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP) will in future rely on a multi-channel strategy. In doing so, it is adapting alerting and informing the population to digitalization and new media habits.
11.07.2024, 10:00
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Information, warning and alerting are a central task of civil protection, as Babs explained at a media briefing on Thursday. However, new technologies and new habits are calling some of the existing instruments into question.
On the one hand, information via smartphone is becoming essential, while on the other hand, examples from abroad have also shown the importance of siren alarms.
Until now, sirens, radio and the Swiss Alert app have been used to warn the population. Babs wants to expand this with a cell broadcast. Cell broadcast is a technology based on mobile phone networks that sends short messages to all cell phones within range of an antenna. Further development of the emergency meeting points is also planned.
