Year: 2021
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: . This paper discusses the usefulness of keeping sirens to alert in an emergency situation likely to harm the physical integrity of property or the population in France. Sirens are the main pillars of the National Alert Network (NAN) deployed from 1954 to 2010, and these tools remain the basis of the future Population Alerting and Information System (SAIP) planned for 2022. Sirens are intended to interrupt social activities, and to induce adequate behavior from the authorities and the population potentially endangered. But this ongoing priority raises questions: sirens present technical drawbacks; they have rarely been used (only two times in 60 years); the authorities minimize the potential of connected tools like social media, Cell Broadcast (CBC) Geo-localized Short Message Services, or Smartphone applications. Analyzing the changes observed in our literature review and the lessons learned from two other countries, Belgium and the USA, we conclude that the integration of sirens in a multi-channel platform and the use of the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) should sublimate the meaning of siren signals, if the authorities really want to make sirens part of an effective solution to alert people in France.
Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse, Sciences et Technologies des Cultures et Sociétés Numériques, Étude des Structures, des Processus d’Adaptation et des Changements de l’Espace, Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley, Université de Montpellier, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier, Gouvernance, Risque, Environnement, Développement
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,553
OpenAlex ID: W3202365690