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The Klaipeda municipality reported that in the early hours of Sunday the mask of the sound of the siren, which disturbed the peace of the residents of the city, was unfounded.
“This is an unauthorized activation of the warning sirens to the population, for which there was no reason. The Klaipėda City Municipality will carry out an official inspection to find out who and for what reason lit the sirens this morning, ”the report reads.
According to data from “Open Klaipeda”, the sirens were activated automatically due to the signal received from the LNG terminal. If this is a reasonable version and what happened at the terminal, Atvira Klaipėda asked to comment on its operator AB Klaipėdos Nafta (KN).
Following the request, the company issued a message confirming that, according to the information in its possession, the signal came from a CN siren located in the territory of the Bulk Cargo Terminal.
“The siren itself is connected to the general information system of the residents of the city of Klaipeda and alerts, it is not yet clear exactly why it was activated. We are sorry for the rest of the restless of the residents of Klaipeda on Sunday. A team of KN specialists, for their part, will carry out a thorough investigation of the incident.In investigating the incident and to avoid a recurrence of similar situations in the future, we will cooperate with the responsible institutions and the Municipality of Klaipėda on matters of the general information system and alert the population, “said the company in a statement.
“Thank goodness, as is clear by now, it was a technical mess, but it caused a lot of unpleasant experiences for Klaipeda residents living in the southwestern part of the city. I will only inform you that there are at least some economic entities of strategic importance and that they increase the risk due to the specificities of their activities in the territory of the city (for example, LNG terminal, Klaipedos Nafta, some stevedoring companies). They have autonomous siren systems that can only be activated in strictly defined cases and with the permission of the coordinating authorities.
Today’s case (so far only based on preliminary information) was a technical failure of one of those systems. Which of them, why did it happen, who is to blame and how to avoid it in the future, all this will be answered by a commission that will start work tomorrow morning, which will also include representatives of national institutions, because it is already a question state citizen security.
Where technology fails, they need to be precisely identified, removed immediately, and avoided in the future. There is also a “human factor” (although in this case the reason does not seem to be there). Therefore, this situation must and certainly will be thoroughly analyzed and evaluated, and very serious and competent conclusions have been drawn, as such errors can be very costly. And it is not only about disturbing the peace, but also about deceiving the population, discrediting the warning systems and, in the event of real danger, losing due vigilance and confidence in this important system, “he said Sunday afternoon. . Facebook The profile was written by the Mayor of Klaipėda, Vytautas Grubliauskas.
RENOVATED. A statement released by the municipality on Monday night indicates that it is conducting an exhaustive official inspection of this initiator and will seek to implement preventive measures to prevent this type of situation from recurring.
The control panel of the siren that was turned on on Sunday is also located in the Klaipeda city municipality. It is said that she masked herself until the Klaipedos Nafta representative arrived to make sure it was her siren, not another siren.
“There was a technical failure, unauthorized activation of the siren. But where is the person who can react and turn off the siren? There is no such algorithm,” V. Grubliauskas is quoted in the report.
He called for procedures to be established to deal with unauthorized services and when the human factor should be activated if
an automatic solution is impossible or impossible.
As it turned out, the first signals about the population’s activated information and alert systems reached the municipal specialist in charge of the General Assistance Center, who was called by alarmed neighbors. Then a quick start was made to clarify who owns the activated system.
“Although the circle of organizations with a next-generation information system is small and discounted fairly quickly, whose system may have tripped and who should be responsible for disconnecting the siren, it was late. Mainly due to the fact that there was no one from the LNG terminal in the early morning of the rest day to check if it was not their siren, ”the report reads.
“This case compromises the entire civil protection system. We must all take care together that these cases are not repeated, that these devices are continuously monitored 24 hours a day, ”says Gintaras Neniškis, director of the municipal administration of the city of Klaipėda.
According to the report, representatives of AB Klaipėdos Nafta explained that the day before a “silent” test of the alert and information system was carried out, no disturbances were noticed, such sirens are usually activated manually.
“We want to clarify the situation and make it happen again. I consider this to be a very serious initiator ”, quotes Darius Šilenskis, director of AB Klaipėdos Nafta.
He assured her that action will be taken and that there was certainly no malicious action in this situation.
Rimas Rusinas, operations manager of the LNG terminal, confirmed that the maintenance of the alert system and its periodic inspection are carried out in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations, but from now on the company will do everything possible to prevent this. kinds of situations are repeated.
“The lesson has been learned,” Rusin said.
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