Public Warning System testing conducted
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Friday September 15, 6:17 PM
Public Warning System testing conducted at 12:05pm on Friday
SINGAPORE: Sirens were sounded throughout Singapore for a minute just past noon, at 12.05pm on Friday.
This was part of an annual exercise by the Singapore Civil Defence Force to test the people's awareness about its Public Warning System.
The highly secured activation centre, located at the SCDF headquarters (at Ubi Avenue 4), is manned round the clock with tests running every single day to ensure the system runs smoothly.
There are more than 280 sirens island-wide, covering 97 percent of residential areas.
The PWS can generate four different warning signals. They are:
1. The ALARM signal: this is a one minute long, wavering tone. Sounding this signal means an order to the public to take shelter.
2. The ALL CLEAR signal: this signal is a one minute steady tone. Sounding this signal means that the danger is over and people may come out of shelter.
3. The IMPORTANT MESSAGE signal: which is one minute, fast wavering tone. Sounding this signal means an order or instruction to the public to switch on MediaCorp radio and/or MediaCorp TV stations to tune in to the important message broadcast from the SCDF.
4. The CHIME signal: this is a 20 seconds long, low melody tone. This signal is used to test the system on the 1st day of each month at 1200 noon.)
Blasting the warning tones at 118 decibels, all sirens can be triggered to go off simultaneously.
Selected clusters of sirens can be activated as well, and as a safety back up measure, the SCDF also has sirens which are mobile.
"We have a number of mobile siren units that are meant to serve as a filler, a replacement in case some of those 280 have to be taken down or found to be faulty," said Jackson Lim, Assistant Commissioner, Singapore Civil Defence Force.
The SCDF is also exploring other means, such as SMS services, to further enhance the public warning system. - CNA /dt -
I was wondering what that sound was. aa naruhodo~
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cha si lang.
no ideas wad it meant, afte reading still no ideas.
can't tell the difference.
sms good. war come can sms, "BOMB ATTACK!!!" -
Why they cannot do it another day? Disturb my lunch leh!
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Originally posted by ditzy:Why they cannot do it another day? Disturb my lunch leh!
u sound like u dun eat lunch another day. -
I happened to eat lunch at 1205pm today what!Originally posted by Ito_^: u sound like u dun eat lunch another day. -
even if it is not a test i seriously doubt singaporeans will react upon hearing it.
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no need doubt.Originally posted by dragg:even if it is not a test i seriously doubt singaporeans will react upon hearing it.
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How about the sound that you hear every 1st of each month at 12pm, what are your views about it
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1st of every month is to ensure all the sirens are working.
15 sep is CD Day. recruits were let off early so we could prepare for the parade in BRTC.