Mallorca 112 meeting weighs two-stage emergency alerts

Mallorca is where 112 specialists have put two levels of public emergency warning on the table: a pre-alert and an alert. The proposal concerns Es-Alert, the system used to warn the public, and emerged at a national meeting in Palma, Mallorca, Spain, that ended on Friday, 13 November. No change has been agreed.

The Balearic government said 42 technicians and directors from Spain’s 19 autonomous communities and cities attended the two-day meeting. A representative of the General Secretariat for Civil Protection and Emergencies also took part.

The specialists discussed changes to direct contact with 112 centres. Systems under development could locate callers immediately, show how much battery their phone has left and provide access to important medical details they have registered. Contact by text or video is also being explored.

Balearic president Marga Prohens said adverse weather is bringing increasingly complex challenges for emergency services. A new working group will now examine how different alert levels reach the public and affected organisations. Es-Alert will be only one part of that review.

Topics: Missing & rescue · Palma

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com