The Departmental Administrative Center of the Alpes-Maritimes (Cadam) attacked this Tuesday afternoon west of Nice.
This is the scenario that the prefecture will test from 3 p.m. by triggering the “attack alarm” on this sensitive site, which notably houses several institutions, as well as the new system for alerting and informing populations “FR-Alert “, deployed on smartphones, let know the services of the State.
Residents located near Cadam, including in the town of Saint-Laurent-du-Var, should therefore "receive a notification accompanied by a specific sound signal, even if the mobile phone is in silent mode", specifies the prefecture. .
An alert on smartphones even in airplane mode
“FR-ALERT device test - FR-ALERT is a new population alert device from the Ministry of the Interior.
This is a test.
No danger is in progress”, should thus be displayed on the devices covered by the test area, including if they are in airplane mode.
"This notification will not require any response or particular behavior of sheltering", support the services of the State in the department.
They also specify that "the alert signal" triggered on the spot will be "lasting 6 minutes" and may be "audible by the population located in the immediate vicinity of the Cadam perimeter".
The population is asked not to overload the telephone lines of the police and emergency services.
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