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Berlin Sirens Return as Germany Conducts Nationwide Emergency Alert Test Thursday

The nationwide exercise gauges reach across phones, apps, broadcast, sirens to fine-tune Germany’s warning network.

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Overview

  • The BBK will issue the test via the federal MoWaS system at 11:00, with a one-minute all-clear scheduled for 11:45.
  • Alerts will go out through Cell Broadcast, the NINA app, radio and TV, digital city displays, taxi-roof ads and station information systems.
  • In Berlin, official warning sirens will sound for the first time in more than 30 years, with more than 200 units activated and a buildout toward about 450 by year-end.
  • Hamburg adds local drills with a 10:45 storm-surge message, 11:00 sirens and 11:05 test cannon shots in the harbor.
  • Authorities note Brandenburg’s register lists 2,492 sirens expected to sound, and they urge residents to update smartphone software as surveys show high reach via Cell Broadcast.