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Due to the public holiday, the warning sirens will not sound this Wednesday but this Thursday, May 2.
France – This first Wednesday of the month was quieter than usual. The famous warning sirens did not, exceptionally, sound this Wednesday, May 1st. The exercise was postponed to the next day, this Thursday, May 2, announced the Ministry of the Interior due to the public holiday planned to celebrate work.
“ The monthly tests of the national alert signal scheduled for each first Wednesday of the month cannot be held on Wednesday, May 1 », Specifies the Ministry of the Interior. However, this exercise is not canceled but simply moved. It will take place at the end of the morning of Thursday, May 2, between 11:45 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. depending on the municipality.
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What is this siren for?
The SAIP’s mission is to alert a “ population exposed, or likely to be exposed, to the consequences of an imminent or ongoing serious event », Explains the Minister of the Interior. This monthly test lasting 1 minute and 41 seconds then makes it possible to verify that the operating system of these alarms is working properly, so as not to be deprived in the event of a real alert.
These sirens are either triggered by the Ministry of the Interior, via the prefects, by the town hall, by the departmental fire and rescue services, or by firefighters. However, not all French territory is affected by this exercise, as specified by the Ministry of the Interior. Only 2,133 sirens are distributed across France, deployed in “ alert areas identified as priority “.
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