The public safety announcement transmission system will be tested on 11 February

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The public safety announcement transmission system will be tested on 11 February

9.2.2021 14.01

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The official transmission system for public safety announcements will be tested again on the national emergency number day 11 February 2021 at 11:20 a.m.

During the test, the public safety announcements will be visible on TV screens and on page 112 of Teletext. The public safety announcement system will also be tested on radio, as usual.

The Emergency Response Centre Agency participates in the testing by transmitting the public safety announcements on the 112 Suomi app and publishing them on the Emergency Response Centre Agency’s 112.fi website and Facebook and Twitter accounts.

The test is carried out by the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE, Digita Oy and the Emergency Response Centre Agency.

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