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- Nationwide tests aim to raise public awareness on early聽warning systems
RIYADH: In a crucial move to ensure public safety and emergency preparedness, 黑料社区鈥檚 General Directorate of Civil Defense conducted fixed siren and phone alert tests on Monday across the Kingdom.
According to the Civil Defense, the test aimed to ensure the efficiency and readiness of warning systems and coincided with a nationwide test of the National Early Warning Platform via cellular broadcasting.
The fixed siren test conducted across the Kingdom aims to ensure that residents are prepared to respond effectively to official emergency alerts.
The schedule for broadcasting warning messages and sounding the sirens was as follows: Warning messages broadcast using a new tone at 1:00 p.m., followed by the national alert tone at 1:10 p.m., and finally, the fixed sirens in Riyadh, Tabuk, Jeddah and Makkah regions at 1:15 p.m.
鈥淭hese tests conducted by the Civil Defense are vital to ensure readiness against any emergency or contingency that might occur and to make civilians aware of such sirens and their meaning and what to do when they hear them,鈥� Dr. Osama Ghanem Al-Obaidy, adviser and professor of law at the Institute of Public Administration in Riyadh, told Arab News.
鈥淎nd using cell phones in this early warning test adds an extra layer of preparedness since a person might be in a location where they can鈥檛 hear regular sirens. Overall, this is a welcome move by the General Directorate of Civil Defense.鈥�
Praising this security drill, Saleh Al-Dosri, a Riyadh resident, told Arab News: 鈥淭his is good for our safety and security as the aim is to confirm that the national emergency alert systems are operating at peak efficiency and ready to notify millions of people instantly.鈥�