Polyalert
Polyalert is a system for alerting the population in Switzerland . It is lead by the Swiss Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP). Polyalert is a remote siren control for around 5000 sirens in Switzerland.
The components are manufactured by the German company Siemens . The Polyalert project was started in 2009 by the FOCP based on a decision by the Swiss Federal Council . In autumn 2015, the last siren could be converted to the new control system. The Polycom trunked radio system is primarily used as the network infrastructure . In order to achieve failure safety, the sirens can also be controlled via the RDS system. Before the introduction of Polyalert, the sirens were controlled by the cabled Infranet system (SFI-457) from Swisscom . One of the reasons to start Polyalert was the consideration of enabling siren control independently of the services of private providers.
During the Swiss siren test on February 7, 2018, a technical malfunction occurred in the central system for remote control of the sirens. The analysis showed that it was a software error that led to a disruption of the data exchange between the central Polyalert database and the corresponding application servers. In the meantime, the necessary troubleshooting measures have been implemented. The water alarm was particularly affected by these problems. The extraordinary siren test took place across Switzerland on Wednesday, May 23, 2018.
See also
Web pages
- Federal Office for Civil Protection Polyalert - the system for alerting the population
- alertswiss siren test 2015: POLYALERT balance sheet
- alertswiss siren test 2015: Summary POLYALERT The siren test 2016 from the point of view of the FOCP
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alpiq InTec Until recently, the sirens were controlled via the cabled Infranet system (SFI-457) from Swisscom.
- ↑ www.swisscom.ch
- ^ BABS: Repeat siren test In: alertswiss.ch, April 19, 2018, accessed on May 16, 2018.