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Government Emergency Alerts

Addickted
Addickted Posts: 19,456
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Emergency Alerts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Anyone heard of this?

Emergency Alerts is a new service from the UK government. It’s expected to launch in summer 2021.

Emergency alerts will warn you if there’s a danger to life nearby.

In an emergency, your phone or tablet will receive an alert with advice about how to stay safe.

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  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,360
    Seems a good idea to me. 
  • MrWalker
    MrWalker Posts: 4,112
    Common in Chile Australia Japan the States and a few other countries...mainly earthquake/volcano/cyclone related.
    A very good idea if the population actively supports it
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    Addickted said:
    Emergency Alerts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

    Anyone heard of this?

    Emergency Alerts is a new service from the UK government. It’s expected to launch in summer 2021.

    Emergency alerts will warn you if there’s a danger to life nearby.

    In an emergency, your phone or tablet will receive an alert with advice about how to stay safe.

    ...and while you are reading the alert on your smartphone a double decker bus flattens you.  Not sure this has been thought through.
  • cafc999
    cafc999 Posts: 4,967
    The Government launching an app? What could possibly go wrong?
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,852
    I’ve just had an emergency alert about the Government!
  • Rob7Lee
    Rob7Lee Posts: 9,596
    One of mates took his kids for a day out at margate last week and got the test.
  • EricBanterna
    EricBanterna Posts: 1,740
    It all makes sense now with the Bill Gates covid chips. 
  • LTKapal
    LTKapal Posts: 1,312
    I had one of these a few months ago, assume they were testing the framework, fair to say I was a bit confused. 
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,800
    edited June 2021
    Addickted said:
    Emergency Alerts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

    Anyone heard of this?

    Emergency Alerts is a new service from the UK government. It’s expected to launch in summer 2021.

    Emergency alerts will warn you if there’s a danger to life nearby.

    In an emergency, your phone or tablet will receive an alert with advice about how to stay safe.

    We have these in the US. It’s usually to warn of a major storm heading our way or to warn of risk of flooding. Occasionally it’s to warn of something like unrest - for example, because I live near Washington DC, I got alerts on January 6th when all that nonsense was going on at the Capitol.

    It’s ok. It doesn’t happen too often, but occasionally it goes off in the middle of the night to tell you there’s a danger of flooding nearby. That’s quite annoying because it’s like a klaxon, it’s bloody loud and the danger of flooding is nearly always exaggerated! 
    At the end of the day, the inconvenience is not a big deal in my opinion and it probably does save lives.
  • SomervilleAddick
    SomervilleAddick Posts: 3,577
    We have them in Massachusetts. Rarely see one, 

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  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,812
    The team next to us in the virtual office (GOV.UK Notify) is building this, we’re doing it for a tenth of the cost of the planned private sector procurement, and it works a dream.

    all credit to them, and another GDS success 
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,360
    edited June 2021
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  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,534
    George Orwell was only c 40 years out. 
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,483
    Rob7Lee said:
    One of mates took his kids for a day out at margate last week and got the test.
    I understand one of the cars on the ghost train became derailed.
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,812
    and of course you can opt out, we've built it to ensure you can

    https://www.gov.uk/alerts/opt-out
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,341


    Anyone know why the storm over the last few days, which has claimed the lives of seven people, wasn't alerted via the Government Alert system, tested between May 2021 and April this year? 
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,360
    Chizz said:


    Anyone know why the storm over the last few days, which has claimed the lives of seven people, wasn't alerted via the Government Alert system, tested between May 2021 and April this year? 
    Because whichever government we seem to get is incompetent.
  • valleynick66
    valleynick66 Posts: 4,891
    edited October 2023
    Chizz said:


    Anyone know why the storm over the last few days, which has claimed the lives of seven people, wasn't alerted via the Government Alert system, tested between May 2021 and April this year? 
    The page does say:

    Emergency Alerts is a UK government service that will warn you if there’s a danger to life nearby.

    So quite possible you are not in the immediate area concerned perhaps?

    ALSO I'm not sure its yet an active service as was in 'test' after all. The page on further review appears to say only 'test' messages have been issued so far.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,863
    you MAY get alerts
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,341
    valleynick66 said:
    Chizz said:


    Anyone know why the storm over the last few days, which has claimed the lives of seven people, wasn't alerted via the Government Alert system, tested between May 2021 and April this year? 
    The page does say:

    Emergency Alerts is a UK government service that will warn you if there’s a danger to life nearby.

    So quite possible you are not in the immediate area concerned perhaps?

    ALSO I'm not sure its yet an active service as was in 'test' after all. The page on further review appears to say only 'test' messages have been issued so far.
    There was no alert sent out anywhere, even in those areas where - demonstrably - there was a treat to life. 

    I'd be interested to know whether the Emergency Alert service is up and running. If it's still in test, then that's a perfectly valid reason for the alerts not to have been sent out. But if, after years of testing, it's still not sending out alerts when they would have been necessary, why not? 

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  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,871
    Perhaps do the research and let everyone on here know, rather than fishing for a response?
  • TEL
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    We have these in Australia, we also get Police alerts for missing persons, etc if relevant to the present location.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,341
    SporadicAddick said:
    Perhaps do the research and let everyone on here know, rather than fishing for a response?
    I don't claim to know the answer, hence my question. 
  • valleynick66
    valleynick66 Posts: 4,891
    Chizz said:
    valleynick66 said:
    Chizz said:


    Anyone know why the storm over the last few days, which has claimed the lives of seven people, wasn't alerted via the Government Alert system, tested between May 2021 and April this year? 
    The page does say:

    Emergency Alerts is a UK government service that will warn you if there’s a danger to life nearby.

    So quite possible you are not in the immediate area concerned perhaps?

    ALSO I'm not sure its yet an active service as was in 'test' after all. The page on further review appears to say only 'test' messages have been issued so far.
    There was no alert sent out anywhere, even in those areas where - demonstrably - there was a treat to life. 

    I'd be interested to know whether the Emergency Alert service is up and running. If it's still in test, then that's a perfectly valid reason for the alerts not to have been sent out. But if, after years of testing, it's still not sending out alerts when they would have been necessary, why not? 
    There has only been one test that has been widescale to my knowledge and which failed (for Three customers at least) - so not sure it is up & running.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,341
    valleynick66 said:
    Chizz said:
    valleynick66 said:
    Chizz said:


    Anyone know why the storm over the last few days, which has claimed the lives of seven people, wasn't alerted via the Government Alert system, tested between May 2021 and April this year? 
    The page does say:

    Emergency Alerts is a UK government service that will warn you if there’s a danger to life nearby.

    So quite possible you are not in the immediate area concerned perhaps?

    ALSO I'm not sure its yet an active service as was in 'test' after all. The page on further review appears to say only 'test' messages have been issued so far.
    There was no alert sent out anywhere, even in those areas where - demonstrably - there was a treat to life. 

    I'd be interested to know whether the Emergency Alert service is up and running. If it's still in test, then that's a perfectly valid reason for the alerts not to have been sent out. But if, after years of testing, it's still not sending out alerts when they would have been necessary, why not? 
    There has only been one test that has been widescale to my knowledge and which failed (for Three customers at least) - so not sure it is up & running.
    The gov.uk website says "Emergency Alerts is a UK government service that will warn you if there’s a danger to life nearby". I take that to mean it is up and running, as they're using the present tense (as opposed to "Emergency Alerts will be a UK government service..."). 

    However it also says "there are no current alerts". I think there should be, after all, what better use of the system is warning of imminent threat to life from flooding? 
  • valleynick66
    valleynick66 Posts: 4,891
    Chizz said:
    valleynick66 said:
    Chizz said:
    valleynick66 said:
    Chizz said:


    Anyone know why the storm over the last few days, which has claimed the lives of seven people, wasn't alerted via the Government Alert system, tested between May 2021 and April this year? 
    The page does say:

    Emergency Alerts is a UK government service that will warn you if there’s a danger to life nearby.

    So quite possible you are not in the immediate area concerned perhaps?

    ALSO I'm not sure its yet an active service as was in 'test' after all. The page on further review appears to say only 'test' messages have been issued so far.
    There was no alert sent out anywhere, even in those areas where - demonstrably - there was a treat to life. 

    I'd be interested to know whether the Emergency Alert service is up and running. If it's still in test, then that's a perfectly valid reason for the alerts not to have been sent out. But if, after years of testing, it's still not sending out alerts when they would have been necessary, why not? 
    There has only been one test that has been widescale to my knowledge and which failed (for Three customers at least) - so not sure it is up & running.
    The gov.uk website says "Emergency Alerts is a UK government service that will warn you if there’s a danger to life nearby". I take that to mean it is up and running, as they're using the present tense (as opposed to "Emergency Alerts will be a UK government service..."). 

    However it also says "there are no current alerts". I think there should be, after all, what better use of the system is warning of imminent threat to life from flooding? 
    My 'guess' is the people running this initiative have not reviewed the website wording since it was published alongside the 'test'. It is potentially therefore poorly worded.

    I don't recall ever hearing / seeing a conclusion of the test and my conclusion would be that it as it was not 100% passed its not fully operational.

    I could be wrong.
  • Huskaris
    Huskaris Posts: 9,853
    edited October 2023
    Because the Tories are devils and would rather people drown than push a button to help them. 

    Happy?
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,358
    Huskaris said:
    Because the Tories are devils and would rather people drown than push a button to help them. 

    Happy?
    They'll never be happy mate.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,036
    The clue is at the top of the page, it's in Beta.

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