In Turkey, on November 12, a large-scale disaster drill to do. Official details on this were given today.
Süleyman Soylu, Minister of Interior of the Republic of Turkeylast week“12 November On the anniversary of the Düzce earthquake, we will conduct a national exercise at 18:57. Radios will announce drills, TVs will announce drills. Announcement will be passed automatically. From the established system, a message will be sent to all of Turkey at the same time” had made a statement. directly on this AFAD by you can find it all here more detailed information shared:
“On the anniversary of the 1999 Düzce Earthquake, on November 12, an Earthquake Moment “Collapse-Track-Hold” exercise will be held at the same time (when the Düzce Earthquake took place) at 18:57.. Under the coordination of AFAD, a drill will be held in 81 provinces simultaneously with the participation of all our citizens, on the anniversary of the 12 November 1999 Düzce Earthquake, in order to raise awareness in the society with the vision of creating a disaster-resilient society.
Drill; It will be held on Saturday, November 12, 2022, on the anniversary of the Düzce Earthquake, at 18:57, the time when the earthquake occurred, with the implementation of the ÇÖK-CLOSE-HOLD movement. Before the exercise, an information meeting will be held at 18:00 at the AFAD Presidency Disaster and Emergency Management Center with the participation of the Ministry representatives. There will be a live connection with 6 provinces (Düzce, İstanbul, İzmir, Elazığ, Kahramanmaraş, Erzurum) and live video transmission from 81 provinces and the areas where our Governors are located.”
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The headlines given for the more technical side of the process, which is our focus, are as follows::
-The exercise information message will be broadcast as a banner on TRT and some TV channels with suitable infrastructure.
– TRT Kocaeli, Bolu, Düzce and Ankara radio broadcasts will be interrupted as a pilot application and an informative message regarding the exercise will be published.
– Voice notification will be made from our mosques connected to the announcement systems of municipalities and the central prayer system.
– SMS and CMAS exercise information messages will be sent to Turkcell, Vodafone and Türk Telekom users throughout the country.
speaking on the subject Yunus Sezer, Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Disaster and Emergency Management (AFAD) the following told: “We will send an Informing SMS and Vital Alert Notification from the News Receiving and Dissemination System to announce the start of the exercise to our citizens. In the text of the warning message “AFAD Exercise information. Currently, the Earthquake Moment, Crash-Trap-Hold Drill is being held all over the country.” will write.