In French or English, the SAIP will have his baptism during Euro; then extend to civil security
PARIS “attack alert” appear in red on the phone screen thanks to Information and Early Warning System Population (SAIP). On the eve of Euro 2016, the French government yesterday launched an application capable to warn people if you are in the danger zone in case of a “major crisis” of terrorism.
Available in French and English , SAIP can be downloaded for free at stores iOS (Apple) and Android (Google). According to the French Interior Ministry, the new program completes the usual device alerts, such as sirens and slogans of law enforcement, and allows every citizen to be warned in his smartphone “in case of suspicion attack or exceptional event “. nuclear attack, breaking dams, dangerous products
” tourists who come to Euro will also see these alerts on giant screens in stadiums or call fan zones (fan zones) “, say ministry officials.
a second phase, planned for the coming months through an application update will include all risks serious and messages surveillance. In addition to the geolocated alerts, the program also provides tips and instructions to respect depending on the nature of the hazard and the site where the user is located.
Christian Gravel, Chief Government Information (GIS ), considers it necessary to “learn certain gestures to have good reflexes to danger” and that “SAIP also serve for that.”
First, the user must agree to be geolocated to receive the alert instantly if you are on the site where the danger lies. “You can also download up to eight geographical areas if you want to know what happens with family or friends,” the ministry said. The responsibility for launching alerts belongs to the prefect of the area to which the danger concerns. The expected time between the time of the decision and its appearance in the smartphones is 15 minutes.
“Thanks to SAIP may avoid saturation of 17 (emergency telephone number in France), “they said. “That warning not only to quickly warn people, but -at the same time- precisarle that the authorities are aware,” said cabinet Bernard Cazeneuve, Minister of the Interior. “In the second phase will extend the device to crises civil security, such as floods or snowstorms,” he said.
Seven months after the bloody terrorist attacks in November in Paris, which caused 130 deaths, French authorities fear large amplitude potential attacks during the Euro which begins tomorrow. Most Western intelligence services agree that the high concentration of tourists in certain places transform them into ideal targets for jihadists of the Islamic State (EI).
Millions of people will attend the matches of the tournament throughout the country. During competitions 51 matches will be played in ten different cities until July 10.
Earlier this week, the Ukrainian government arrested at the border between that country and Poland to a Frenchman suspected of planning a series of bombings in France during the tournament. Belonging to a small group of extreme right, that young farmer, which was in possession of a real Arsenal- would have intended to attack Muslim and Jewish sites of worship, public buildings as well as French.
organizers the Euro make efforts to reassure people. “We have no precise information of any threat against the Euro, against a stadium or particular party,” he said yesterday Jacques Lambert, director of the tournament.
By the -agregan- moment, the only danger threatening the competition success are strikes launched by the labor unions against labor reform the government, which in recent days virtually paralyzed the country.
the SAIP alert the user on suspicion of indecent or exceptional event, such as a nuclear attack
in a second stage, the app will incorporate incidents of civil defense, such as floods, snowstorms and landslides
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