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This system began to be tested in Spain at the end of 2022 after the European Union urged the European Union States to adopt this technology , giving the deadline of June of last year for it to be installed and put into operation.
The first tests of this system were carried out in DJ USA October 2022 in the Autonomous Communities of Cantabria, Asturias and Andalusia. The National Emergency Monitoring and Coordination Center of the General Directorate of Civil Protection previously warned citizens of these territories that a test message alerting about a foreseeable danger would appear on the screens of their devices, accompanied by a loud beep and vibrations. .
The Es-Alert system is part of the measures included in the Plan for Connectivity and Digital Infrastructure, included in the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan . It was launched thanks to the agreement signed in July 2021 as a result of collaboration between the Ministries of the Interior and Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, and financed with European funds.
What's more, on February 21, 2023, the Government published a press release informing that said emergency notification system to the population would begin to be operational the next day (February 22) throughout the Spanish territory . “All state, regional or local public administrations that can contribute to the detection, monitoring and forecasting of threats of imminent danger to people and property, will communicate the situation to CENEM so that this organization can generate a widespread and immediate alert in the area. risky. The warning will make it easier for the population to protect itself against phenomena such as floods, fires, adverse meteorological phenomena, volcanic events or chemical accidents, among other emergencies,” the statement states.
The first tests of this system were carried out in DJ USA October 2022 in the Autonomous Communities of Cantabria, Asturias and Andalusia. The National Emergency Monitoring and Coordination Center of the General Directorate of Civil Protection previously warned citizens of these territories that a test message alerting about a foreseeable danger would appear on the screens of their devices, accompanied by a loud beep and vibrations. .
The Es-Alert system is part of the measures included in the Plan for Connectivity and Digital Infrastructure, included in the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan . It was launched thanks to the agreement signed in July 2021 as a result of collaboration between the Ministries of the Interior and Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, and financed with European funds.
What's more, on February 21, 2023, the Government published a press release informing that said emergency notification system to the population would begin to be operational the next day (February 22) throughout the Spanish territory . “All state, regional or local public administrations that can contribute to the detection, monitoring and forecasting of threats of imminent danger to people and property, will communicate the situation to CENEM so that this organization can generate a widespread and immediate alert in the area. risky. The warning will make it easier for the population to protect itself against phenomena such as floods, fires, adverse meteorological phenomena, volcanic events or chemical accidents, among other emergencies,” the statement states.