Today at 11am the public warning sirens in Bavaria will be tested. A wailing tone lasting one minute will be blasted out without warning. In case of an emergency this tone means “Turn on your radios and wait for public announcements�.
Another important warning tone in case of fire or similar incidents is a steady tone lasting twelve seconds then twelve seconds silence, repeated twice.
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Siren alarm tests in Bavaria
11am Wednesday 19.Sep.2007
QUOTE (sarabyrd @ Sep 19 2007, 9:54 am) 
...In case of an emergency this tone means “Turn on your radios and wait for public announcements�...
What if you don't have a radio because you don't want to pay GEZ?
Then you deserve to die anyway, I'm sure there is a subclause in the GEZ guidelines.
No it´s not a test the Russians are coming. Really.
Are they going to buy Bayern MĂĽnchen as well?
The three testicled Russian oil billionaire Whojanickabollockoff said he's pay 10 Roubles for Bayern MĂĽnchen cos they are a bunch of parvenu knackers.
cool I think I'm going to over react and panic just for the fun of it.
The men in white coats will be right along.
Now would be a good time to have a fake news site with news that somewhere has just launched nukes at Europe and panic in the office just before they come on.
Just heard on the radio that there'll be a siren test at 11am throughout Bavaria, and will last about a minute.
More info in German:
Sirenen-Probealarm: Fragen und Antworten zum Test
Sirenen-Probealarm in Bayern
Edit: You won't hear it in Munich though
Topics merged by admin
More info in German:
Sirenen-Probealarm: Fragen und Antworten zum Test
Sirenen-Probealarm in Bayern
Edit: You won't hear it in Munich though
Topics merged by admin
Some test. Should we panic if we didn't hear a siren, or just go to the ENT doctor?
Right then, where are they? I can't hear anything. How would I know if we were being bombed or something?
Is it just me that is not hearing them?
edit: ah, apparently not.
edit: ah, apparently not.
Quiet here in Newhouses, have we been freed from the yoke of Stoiber and Munich is now an independent City-State like Berlin or Hamburg?
We are! Somewhere just launched nukes at Europe!
i blame Bush
No alarm down in Ottobrunn.
All quiet here in Aschaffenburg too.
That passed off nicely. Not a siren to be heard anywhere
Strangely the fire-alarms were tested at work here (a Nottinghamshire council) at precisly the same time. Does this mean Nottinghamshire has been appropriated by Bavaria?
No noise in Isarvorstadt either. Did anyone in Bavaria hear it?
Nope, nary a peep here in Sadr City
How disappointing. Here's a pdf file that shows where it was being tested. Did anyone hear it?
Sarabyrd, sorry, didn't see your thread on the subject - I only checked the Munich sections. (Edit: OK, the threads have been merged and have ended up in the "Munich news" section)
Sarabyrd, sorry, didn't see your thread on the subject - I only checked the Munich sections. (Edit: OK, the threads have been merged and have ended up in the "Munich news" section)
ah, from deco's second link:
so nobody currently online is near a nuke plant?
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Wo gibt es in Bayern Sirenen?
Im 25-km-Umkreis um die bayerischen Kernkraftwerke und im Umkreis um die der Störfallverordnung unterliegenden Betriebe mit besonderem Gefahrenpotential. Daneben gibt es noch die "Feuerwehrsirenen".
Im 25-km-Umkreis um die bayerischen Kernkraftwerke und im Umkreis um die der Störfallverordnung unterliegenden Betriebe mit besonderem Gefahrenpotential. Daneben gibt es noch die "Feuerwehrsirenen".
so nobody currently online is near a nuke plant?
It seems they are no longer online.
How often are these siren tests?
Shit! I've gone deaf.
Nothing in Schwabing (that I heard)
@ bengreen: According to the FAQ info, there's currently no standard set for the testing of the disaster warning alarm, although they're aiming for once or twice a year. It's not compulsory for a town to have such an alarm, although those near nuclear power stations, for example, receive state funding to install them.
The fire station warning alarms are tested on a Saturday once a month or every two months.
The fire station warning alarms are tested on a Saturday once a month or every two months.
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Wie oft werden Sirenen getestet und mit welchem Signal?
"Feuerwehrsirenen" sollen monatlich/zweimonatlich samstags getestet werden.
FĂĽr die "Katastrophenschutzsirenen" gibt es bis jetzt keinen festen Erprobungsrythmus. Angestrebt ist hier eine landesweit einheitliche Erprobung ein- bis zweimal pro Jahr.
Müssen Städte Sirenen aufstellen? Wenn ja, warum?
Jede Feuerwehr - ausgenommen Feuerwehren, deren Alarmierung auf andere Weise sichergestellt ist - muss durch Sirenen alarmiert werden können.
Die Aufstellung von "Katastrophenschutzsirenen" erfolgt grundsätzlich freiwillig.
Im Rahmen der Umkreise um die Kernkraftwerke und "Störfall-Betriebe" erfolgte die Aufstellung mit staatlichen Zuschüssen.
"Feuerwehrsirenen" sollen monatlich/zweimonatlich samstags getestet werden.
FĂĽr die "Katastrophenschutzsirenen" gibt es bis jetzt keinen festen Erprobungsrythmus. Angestrebt ist hier eine landesweit einheitliche Erprobung ein- bis zweimal pro Jahr.
Müssen Städte Sirenen aufstellen? Wenn ja, warum?
Jede Feuerwehr - ausgenommen Feuerwehren, deren Alarmierung auf andere Weise sichergestellt ist - muss durch Sirenen alarmiert werden können.
Die Aufstellung von "Katastrophenschutzsirenen" erfolgt grundsätzlich freiwillig.
Im Rahmen der Umkreise um die Kernkraftwerke und "Störfall-Betriebe" erfolgte die Aufstellung mit staatlichen Zuschüssen.
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