IT-alert: testing on specific risks in 12 regions from January 22 to 26
Collapse of large dams, major accident at industrial facilities, and nuclear accident are the tested risk scenarios. Latest update: January 22, 2024
The IT-alert experimentation continues with the phase focused on specific risk scenarios and small and limited portions of the territory.
The first testing round of 2024 will occur from January 22 to 26, and IT-alert notifications will be sent to part of the territories of 12 regions: Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Piedmont, Sardinia, Sicily, Tuscany, Valle D'Aosta and the Autonomous Province of Bolzano.
The risk scenarios will be three:
▪ Collapse of large dams in Campania, Sicily, Valle D'Aosta and the Autonomous Province of Bolzano;
▪ Major accident at industrial facilities subject to the Seveso Directive in Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Sardinia, and Tuscany;
▪ Nuclear accident in Piedmont.
The testing activity has a two-fold purpose: to test IT-alert on small and limited portions of the territory and to take a step forward in familiarizing with the reception of the notification with text tailored to the risk and the affected site. This is all part of a broader process of getting closer to the potential implementation of the national public warning system, as provided for in the Directive of February 7, 2023.
For the major accident at industrial facilities, the notification text reads as follows:
TEST TEST This is a TEST MESSAGE from IT-alert. We are SIMULATING an industrial accident in the area where you are. To learn what message you will receive in case of real danger from an industrial accident, go to /www.it-alert.gov.it/en/ TEST TEST
For the collapse of large dams, the notification text will read as follows:
TEST TEST This is a TEST MESSAGE from IT-alert. We are SIMULATING a dam collapse in the area where you are. To learn what message you will receive in case of real danger from a dam collapse, go to www.it-alert.gov.it/en/TEST TEST
Finally, for the nuclear accident scenario, the notification text will read as follows:
TEST TEST This is a TEST MESSAGE from IT-alert. We are SIMULATING a nuclear accident in a plant located in a foreign country with potential repercussions in the area where you are. To learn what message you will receive in case of real danger from a radiological and nuclear accident, go to www.it-alert.gov.it/en TEST TEST
During the days of the testing, from the website's homepage, there will be access to a dedicated page where it will be possible to view the text of the message that citizens would receive in case of real danger for that specific risk and the case-specific information. As in the previous tests, on the homepage and the dedicated page, there will also be a link to the survey that the people in the involved territories will be invited to fill out to help implement the system. Those in the area covered by the test that will not receive any IT-alert notification will still be able to fill it out to report this deficiency.
The notification will arrive on the switched-on and connected cell phones of those in the target areas according to the following schedule:
January 22, 12:00 p.m.
Nuclear accident
▪ Piedmont Region - Metropolitan City of Turin
January 23, 2:30 p.m.
Major accident at industrial facilities
▪ Tuscany Region - TOSCOCHIMICA, Prato (PO) and Campi Bisenzio (FI)
January 24, 12:00 p.m.
Major accident at industrial facilities
▪ Calabria Region - BUTANGAS, Montalto Uffugo, Luzzi, Rende, Rose (CS)
▪ Campania Region - GAROLLA S.R.L., Naples
▪ Emilia-Romagna Region - SCAM S.P.A., Modena
▪ Sardinia Region - FIAMMA 2000 S.P.A., Serramanna (SU) and Villasor (SU)
January 25, 12:00 p.m
Major accident at industrial facilities
▪ Basilicata Region - ENI S.P.A., Viggiano, Grumento Nova (PZ)
▪ Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region - RIR-GALA LOGISTICA S.R.L., Visco, Aiello del Friuli, Palmanova, San Vito al Torre (UD)
Collapse of large dams
▪ Campania Region - Presenzano Dam - Amorosi, Dugenta, Faicchio, Limatola, Melizzano, Puglianello (BN); Ailano, Alife, Alvignano, Baia e Latina, Bellona, Caiazzo, Capua, Castel Campagnano, Castel Morrone, Dragoni, Gioia Sannitica, Piana di Monte Verna, Pietravairano, Pontelatone, Pratella, Presenzano, Raviscanina, Ruviano, Sant'Angelo d'Alife, and Vairano Patenora (CE)
▪ Autonomous Province of Bolzano - Monguelfo Dam - Diga di Monguelfo - Brunico, Chienes, Perca, Rasun-Anterselva, San Lorenzo di Sebato, Valdaora, Vandoies e Rodengo.
January 26, 12:00 p.m
Major accident at industrial facilities
▪ Abruzzo Region - GPL SODIFA S.R.L., L'Aquila
Collapse of large dams
▪ Sicily Region - Ancipa Dam - Centuripe, Troina (EN); Cesarò, San Teodoro (ME); Adrano, Belpasso, Biancavilla, Bronte, Catania, Motta, Paternò, Randazzo, Sant'Anastasia (CT)
▪ Valle D'Aosta Region - Beauregard Dam - Arvier, Valgrisenche and Villeneuve
Test dates may be subject to change if regional civil protection systems are involved in activities for any ongoing meteo-hydro alerts or emergencies.
For further information, visit www.IT-alert.gov.it/en.