Out of the 77 automated centralised sirens belonging to the Bucharest City Hall and the city's district town halls, only 51 are working, according to the Bucharest-Ilfov Emergency Inspectorate (ISUBIF).
"ISUBIF has now verified the operation of more than 25 sirens in Bucharest and Ilfov County, with the result being as follows: 18 tested in Bucharest (3 operational, 15 non-operational) and 8 checked in Ilfov County (6 operational, 2 non-operational)," the inspectorate reported in a press statement on Wednesday.
According to ISUBIF, some of the automated centralised ISUBIF sirens that operated during the previous exercise could not be operated for technical reasons, to be determined by their owners.
At the same time, new sirens have been introduced in Buftea after the PROCIV exercise, which can be operated from ISUBIF.
In District 2 and District 4, measures have been taken to resolve / improve the public alarm system via sirens, and these activities are currently underway.
The General Emergency Inspectorate has announced that it will carry out, starting in August, on the first Wednesday of each month in all counties, exercises for testing and verifying the system of notification, warning and alarming in civil protection situations, as well as for continual training of the local public administration authorities.
The sirens will be operated between 10:00hrs and 11:00hrs. The simulations began on Wednesday, August 2, to verify both the centralised (simultaneous) and locally operated equipment.