Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Warning day: Neubrandenburg is testing two mobile sirens

Neubrandenburg (dpa/mv) - The third largest city in the northeast - Neubrandenburg - will test mobile sirens on the warning day this Thursday.

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Warning day: Neubrandenburg is testing two mobile sirens

Neubrandenburg (dpa/mv) - The third largest city in the northeast - Neubrandenburg - will test mobile sirens on the warning day this Thursday. This is necessary because there are no longer any stationary sirens, as the city announced on Tuesday. The fire brigade have purchased two mobile sirens, which are to be tested on Thursday. Citizens are asked to report the extent to which they have been alarmed. Fixed sirens had been dismantled in the four-gate city in the mid-1990s.

At that time, the federal government no longer saw any acute threat to the population in civil defense cases. Instead, warning systems should be used that warn people via radio and television. That turned out to be impractical. The district of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, as the responsible civil protection authority, has not yet launched a program for sirens. Around 30 sirens would be required in the urban area of ​​Neubrandenburg for area-wide warnings.