The tools used to give the alert after the fire Lubrizol factory in Rouen must evolve according to the prefect of Seine-Maritime.

The prefect of Seine-Maritime, Pierre-André Durand, acknowledged Monday that the system by which the alert was given in Rouen after the gigantic fire of the Lubrizol plant, classified Seveso, is based on "dated tools that will have to evolve ".

A broadcast system sending personalized messages on all mobile phones

He reversed his decision to trigger the alert Thursday, September 26 morning in Rouen. "Did it trigger the 31 sirens in Rouen at 4:00 am, when we had the entire population of Rouen confined, or wait around 7:45 am when people go to work? sirens near the site? It is this choice that I made, after having discussed it in staff, "he explained.

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"We must now (...) reach the user at home," said the prefect, recalling that a European directive applicable for 2022 and "on which the Ministry of the Interior begins to work will we impose a system of broadcast by telephone pylons sending personalized messages on all mobile phones.