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Wednesday, September 16, 2020
A good week ago, the country was to be warned of a disaster at 11 am as a test. In the end, however, the implementation turned out to be such. Federal Interior Minister Seehofer is now drawing the first personal consequences.
After the breakdowns, sometimes serious, on the day of the national warning, the Federal Ministry of the Interior is apparently drawing the first conclusions. The president of the Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief, Christoph Unger, will be replaced. This is reported by various media. In the immediate aftermath of the nationwide test alarm last week, the ministry described it as “unsuccessful.” The head of department, Horst Seehofer, has the perspective of the consequences.
“We have to reorganize it completely, I will take care of that personally,” said the CSU politician. However, it can be assumed “that fundamental changes will be made in all directions.” The responsibility lies with BBK.
Interior Secretary of State Stephan Mayer said at today’s Interior Committee meeting on the relevant issue that he did not want to comment on personnel matters in this group. This was reported by the participants in the connection.
On the day of the warning, sirens and other warning systems were supposed to go off across the country at 11 a.m. Among other things, the test warning was to be carried out via radio and television, as well as via Warning apps like the Nina app. In fact, however, the official BBK warning and the test alarm in the warning apps didn’t appear until half an hour later.
BBK president Unger had admitted deficits. He blamed various control centers for the fact that the warning applications on cell phones were not working. “You did not fulfill the agreements.” It was agreed that the Federal Office would operate the applications only from Bonn. Instead, around 30 other warning messages were sent almost simultaneously. “The system couldn’t cope with that,” Unger said. According to a decision by the Conference of Interior Ministers, the national warning day will take place annually on the second Thursday of September 2020.
