It is the police who send out tests of emergency alerts on mobile phones. At 12 o’clock today, mobile phones all over the country played a loud beep as they vibrated. At the same time, the Norwegian Civil Defense tested the typhoons with the signal “Important message – seek information”. Emergency alerts must be used to notify the population of serious and urgent incidents that may threaten life and health. This is a joint national notification test, which is carried out once every six months. – Such an extensive notification test will sound good, especially where many people are gathered and many devices will play sound at the same time. Therefore, feel free to share information about the notification test with those closest to you, so that as many people as possible are prepared and know that this is just a test, writes the Directorate for Community Safety and Preparedness (DSB) on the website nodvarsel.no. DSB encourages you to update your mobile phone to the latest software, otherwise you may not receive the test. At the same time that the emergency alert on mobile is to be tested, the alarm is also going off in the Norwegian Civil Defense’s typhoons. Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen / NTB Nine out of ten received an emergency alert in January 92 per cent of the population received a test of the Emergency Alert on mobile during the national alert test on 10 January, a survey in January showed. Elisabeth Aarsæther is director of the Directorate for Community Preparedness (DSB). Photo: Øystein Otterdal / news The survey was carried out by Ipsos for the Directorate for Social Security and Preparedness (DSB). – We are very pleased that more than nine out of ten got the test this time. This means that a large proportion of the population is now familiar with what an Emergency Alert is and how it works, said Elisabeth Aarsæther, Director of the Directorate for Community Preparedness (DSB) in a press release. During the first test last year, 78 percent of the population received the notification. Then the main reason for the lack of reception was that several people did not have enough new software on their phones. All newer mobile phones with newer software will receive the test. Photo: Even Bjøringsøy Johnsen / news How to avoid the sound Do you want to escape a possible sound shock? There are only two ways to prevent your cell phone from playing the loud sound while the alert is on the screen: Turn off your phone or put it on airplane mode. All newer mobile phones with newer software will receive the test. Emergency alerts are sent out to units located within a given geographical area. Emergency Alert does not use your phone number or any other information about you. It therefore does not matter which subscription you have, where you live or work, or where the phone is registered, Nødvarsel writes. Published 12.06.2024, at 08.16 Updated 12.06.2024, at 12.33
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