Emergencies and major incidents National Test Signal
For your information:
On Sunday 23 April 2023, there will be a national test of the UK Emergency Alerts service. A national “welcome/test” message is due to be sent to all mobile devices on Sunday 23rd of April 2023.
Mobile device users will receive a test message on their phone or tablet. Note your mobile phone or tablet may:
- make a loud siren-like sound, even if it’s set on silent
- vibrate
- read out the alert
The sound and vibration will last for about 10 seconds. You do not need to do anything when you receive the message, as this is just a test.
The UK Emergency Alerts service is basically a system that can send a message to every mobile device in the UK which is 4G or above and will be used to communicate to the public at a national down to electoral ward level only in the event of the most serious emergencies. It will not replace any of the already established emergency communication methods, for example weather or flood warnings.
A fuller summary of the system can be found here: Emergencies and major incidents | nidirect. Please note nidirect website has a translation option at the bottom of its webpages (what it looks like below) which will translate the web content into different languages.