BIWAPP

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BIWAPP

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operating system Android , iOS
German speaking Yes
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BIWAPP (acronym for Bürger Info- & Warn-App ) is the regional warning and information system of many municipalities in Germany. It is used in cities and counties to warn their citizens about acute dangers, risks and local restrictions via mobile phones . Fire services and disaster relief workers were involved in the development . The warning categories include bomb Fund , chemical accident , fire, flood , landslide / avalanche , major incidents , severe weather , traffic accidents , canceled classes and event of an epidemic . BIWAPP users also receive the national warnings from the Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief (BBK) as well as the severe weather warnings from the German Weather Service (DWD).

commitment

BIWAPP only sends official warnings and urgent messages from the responsible authorities, institutions and control centers. In 2015, the Heidekreis was the first district in Germany to introduce the warning app. Currently, more than 45 independent cities and districts nationwide use BIWAPP to inform their population (as of December 2018).

technology

BIWAPP is web-based. The disaster relief workers and local authorities receive individual access with personal authorization. You are therefore independent of location. Online access is sufficient for you to send warnings and breaking news. The installation of special software in the control centers for fire protection, rescue services and disaster control of a municipality is not required.

The warning area can be delimited with polygons down to the desired geodetail (e.g. individual streets). In this way, the municipalities and disaster relief agencies can precisely identify the danger area in a different way than when delimiting them by postcode .

A data connection ( WiFi or mobile) is required to use BIWAPP and to receive breaking news via the warning app .

Notifications

The breaking news from the municipalities can be received and displayed in various ways.

  • App: The user receives the warning directly via the warning app installed on his mobile phone.
  • SMS: Warnings can be sent as push messages via SMS if the municipality offers this option.
  • Web widget: The breaking news from a municipality can be integrated into an existing website as a web widget . In this way, the warning messages can be integrated into the official websites of cities, counties, fire departments and disaster relief agencies.
  • Share: Users can use the "share" function to forward breaking news directly to relatives, friends and acquaintances.

More functions

  • Individual settings: The user can individually define his warning areas, the desired subject areas (warning categories) and the method of notification.
  • Emergency call function: For individual emergencies , BIWAPP offers a help call function with automatic detection of the location ( location function ).
  • Guard function: When the guard function is activated, users also receive warnings far away from their home location for their current whereabouts, provided that BIWAPP is used by the authorities in this area.

Alternatives

In Germany there are two warning apps, BIWAPP and KATWARN, for regional and local warnings. The cities and districts decide independently about the choice of their official warning app. The warning apps are a mobile supplement to warnings via the radio, online, by sirens and loudspeaker announcements. Warning apps allow continuous topicality and extensive depth of detail.

The federal government is responsible for disaster warnings of national importance and operates its own warning app with NINA . The technical starting point for NINA is the federal modular warning system ( MoWaS ). This is operated by the BBK for nationwide civil defense warnings. BIWAPP has an interface to the MoWaS system. All messages that are sent in NINA are also published in BIWAPP.

Since February 2019, the official warning messages of the three systems have been shared among each other and distributed in parallel.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BIWAPP - Citizen Info & Warning App. Retrieved May 11, 2017 .
  2. ↑ BIWAPP: App warns of disasters. ComputerBild, March 2, 2017, accessed May 15, 2017 .
  3. ↑ BIWAPP: App warns of disasters, traffic jams, storms and much more. smartdroid.de, April 12, 2017, accessed on May 15, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Delmenhorster is notified of dangers via an app. Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung, September 14, 2015, accessed on May 15, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Landkreis Meißen presents its warning app. Fire department in the district of Meißen, accessed on May 12, 2017 .
  6. ^ Announcement on the cooperation with the BBK: NINA and BIWAPP. iphone-ticker.de, April 12, 2017, accessed on May 12, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Warning apps instead of sirens. Hamburger Abendblatt, April 6, 2017, accessed on May 15, 2017 .
  8. ^ Heidekreis district - self-protection and emergency preparedness. Retrieved May 15, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Alarm immediately to the citizen. Kreiszeitung, September 9, 2015, accessed on May 15, 2017 .
  10. ^ Cloppenburg district. Retrieved May 15, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Harburg district. Retrieved May 16, 2017 .
  12. ↑ Lüneburg district. Retrieved May 15, 2017 .
  13. ↑ Mansfeld-Südharz district. Retrieved May 15, 2017 .
  14. ^ Meißen district. Retrieved May 16, 2017 .
  15. ^ District of Northeim. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on May 15, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.landkreis-northeim.de  
  16. ↑ District of Oldenburg. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 6, 2016 ; accessed on May 15, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oldenburg-kreis.de
  17. ^ Peine district. Retrieved May 15, 2017 .
  18. ^ Schaumburg district. Retrieved May 15, 2017 .
  19. ^ City of Delmenhorst. Retrieved May 15, 2017 .
  20. ^ City of Einbeck. Retrieved May 15, 2017 .
  21. ^ City and district of Hildesheim. Retrieved May 15, 2017 .
  22. ^ City and district of Landshut. Retrieved May 15, 2017 .
  23. ^ In addition, the districts of Dingolfing-Landau and Vechta and the city of Norderstedt. - All municipalities that use BIWAPP are displayed in the widget function. Retrieved May 15, 2017 .
  24. ↑ Widget function. Retrieved May 15, 2017 .
  25. ↑ The best disaster and terrorism alert apps. PC-Welt, August 30, 2016, accessed May 15, 2017 .
  26. ↑ Terror and disasters: These 13 apps keep you informed. freenet, April 23, 2017, accessed May 15, 2017 .
  27. ↑ Free disaster apps in Germany. GIGA, April 18, 2017, accessed May 15, 2017 .
  28. ↑ Disaster warning systems. Antenne Niedersachsen, December 20, 2016, accessed on May 15, 2017 .
  29. ↑ NINA app warns nationwide. Bayerischer Rundfunk, June 20, 2016, accessed on May 12, 2017 .
  30. ↑ Warnapp operators agree to exchange - Nina, Katwarn and Biwapp will be standardized. February 4, 2019, accessed February 5, 2019 .