2000 Montois affected by Be-Alert

The alert platform for emergency situations Be-Alert was tested this Thursday throughout the country. In Mons, too, where the system has been in place for a year. The idea of ​​this platform set up by the government is to prevent via SMS, voice messages and emails the inhabitants of one or the other commune.

In Mons, about 2000 people are subscribed and this Thursday, they received an SMS-test warning them of a fictional catastrophe in the Cité du Doudou. It's very fast but also free!

It is the city of Mons, through its Planu agent (emergency planning and crisis) and its communication department, which is responsible for sending the message to the citizens registered in incidents. Note that if the danger is supra-communal, it is either the services of the provincial governor or those of the Ministry of the Interior who will take the hand. Yesterday, a national test for the SMS was carried out.

"The system is obviously perfectible reason for which tests must be made. Overall, the test was quite positive. All registrants received an SMS at 11:44. With us, it was quite fluid and fast. Some people have nevertheless received the SMS twice, " explains the city of Mons.

Mons has therefore rather well out. "We were one of the first cities to register" specifies the bourgmestre Elio Di Rupo (PS). "This system can give a series of indications in case of problems in the city, it is In particular, we can target certain neighborhoods and give accurate information almost in real time.We will relaunch awareness around the platform so that more and more Montois will join. "

Mons is not the the only commune in the area to surf on wave 2.0 The communes of Quaregnon, Saint-Ghislain, Quévy and Dour are already registered.In the Center region too, La Louvière, Ecaussinnes, Le Roeulx, Manage, Seneffe and Soignies have left The system now affects 70% of Belgium, with more than 343,000 addresses listed in BE-Alert and the authorities are calling on citizens who are not yet registered on the platform to register so that the alert be even more effective More info and to subscribe? http://be-alert.be