E-ALERT is the national warning system in case of an emergency situation, it was officially launched last weekend together with a special website, ro-alert.ro, but also with information on the tests that are done in Romania. Starting from Monday, the RO-ALERT system was tested by the authorities to help people discover how the alerts they will receive will look, not through SMS, but through a technology called Cell Broadcast.
RO-ALERT is intended to be used through this Cell Broadcast system because it allows the display of an alert that also runs with sound, and that does not disappear until the user sees it and closes it manually. This technique was chosen instead of classic SMS messages because the user will be alerted by the phone through RO-ALERT until he sees the message, the sound being a special and strong one, the kind that will wake you up from sleep, if necessary.
ATTENTION: WHEN RO-ALERT is tested in Bucharest
RO-ALERT will be tested in Bucharest and Ilfov during Friday, with the MAI scheduling the gradual sending of alert messages to each area of the capital, and Ilfov for the Romanians who are in the respective locations. On Friday between 10:00 and 12:00, test messages will be sent via RO-ALERT to the residents of sectors 1-3 in Bucharest, but also to those who live in the cities of Otopeni and Magurele, both from Ilfov county.
RO-ALERT will then be used between 17:00 and 19:00 to send messages to the residents of the city of Buftea, located in the immediate vicinity of Bucharest, but the tests will not stop there. On Monday, test messages will be sent through RO-ALERT to all the residents of the city of Bucharest, but also to those in Ilfov county, so you may receive messages both tomorrow and Monday. but you don't have to be scared, because they are just tests.
