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The expansion and upgrading of the siren infrastructure in Baden-Wrttemberg is picking up speed. The storm events this summer in particular have shown how important it is to have a functioning warning for the population in an emergency. We have already been able to warn people in the country comprehensively and quickly of dangers - for example with the NINA warning app via radio television and online services as well as with loudspeaker announcements. So that warnings can reach even more people even faster in the future we want to expand and upgrade the siren network in Baden-Wrttemberg. So it is good news for our cities and municipalities that they will now receive the first funding notices from the Siren funding program. The expansion and upgrading of the siren infrastructure in Baden-Wrttemberg is thus picking up speed said Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Thomas Strobl .Expansion of the siren infrastructureThe federal government is making around 11.2 million euros available to the municipalities in Baden-Wrttemberg from the economic and crisis management package for 2020 to 2022 for siren funding. In the budget year 2021 funding of around 5.47 million euros can initially be approved for the municipalities. The applications are approved by the four regional councils. Funding is available to the regional councils for this purpose according to the respective share of the population. At the beginning of 2022 the other approximately 5.74 million euros will be available for funding in a second tranche.The storm events this summer in particular made it clear to us once again how important it is to have a well-functioning warning for the population in an emergency. It is good that numerous municipalities and cities have dealt with warning the population developed appropriate concepts and also dealt with the expansion and upgrading of the siren infrastructure. Because warning the population is an important component of municipal hazard prevention sirens are a tried and tested warning device with a wake-up effect. They are particularly useful where the population has to be warned very quickly and easily accessible due to a particular risk potential. Sirens provide the wake-up effect which is supposed to make people aware of a dangerous situation. People then have the chance to use warning appsIt is already becoming apparent that the funds made available by the federal government will by no means cover the needs of the Baden-Wrttemberg municipalities. I therefore call on the new federal government to continue to accord the warning of the population and thus security the necessary priority. The funds for the federal funding program must be increased and the modalities of the funding program adjusted so that a nationwide expansion of the siren infrastructure in Germany is possible. There was great agreement on this at the autumn conference of the interior ministers in Stuttgart said Interior Minister Strobl in conclusion.Modular warning system MoWaSIn Baden-Wrttemberg the authorities responsible for averting danger can use the MoWaS modular warning system to warn the public . Warning messages can be distributed in as many ways as possible in order to reach as large a section of the population as possible. The warning apps NINA KATWARN and BIWAPP some regional warning apps radio and television companies newspaper editorial offices and online services digital city information boards and some transport companies are currently connected to MoWaS .In the future sirens will also be connected to MoWaS and the warning will be integrated via cell broadcast . All connected warning devices can be triggered via MoWaS at the same time and with one input.
