Belgium. National disaster warnings via SMS

Interior Minister Patrick Dewael plans to warn every Belgian resident via SMS in times of national emergencies, according to Expatica.

"The Liberal VLD minister plans to modernise the nation's current alarm system and believes sending a mobile phone text message to every resident is the most efficient manner".

Other national SMS emergency system from around the world:

-- DC Text Alert

-- Much interest for Dutch SMS-alarm service

-- Residents' free flood texts offer

-- emergencye.com

-- USA Terror Alerts by SMS

-- Israel's Terror Text Alerts

-- Kuwait War alerts by SMS

-- Britain's City Alert Texting System (C.A.T.S.)

Alerts related to natural disasters:

-- Cell Phones Alert Users of Natural Disasters

-- Germany offers lead on tsunami warning system

-- Text message broadcasts could provide disaster alerts

-- Israeli Company Offers Free Tsunami Alert System

-- The Tsunami Next Time

-- How cell phones may have helped Southern Asia

emily | 10:23 AM | New SMS Services |
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