When will my phone sound the alarm? Everything you need to know about today's emergency alert test
Mark Hardingham, chair of the National Fire Chiefs Council, said: "For 10 seconds, the national test may be inconvenient for some, but please forgive us for the intrusion.
"The next time you hear it - your life, and the life-saving actions of our emergency services, could depend on it."Yes - although the government has urged people to keep the alert system on. They have promised alerts will only be sent if there's an "immediate risk to life" and they will not be using it as "spam system".
The government as also said the system won't be able to track you or take any data from you.To turn the emergency alert off, go into your phone's settings where you'll be able to turn the alarm off.There are some concerns the alert's ability to pierce through silent mode could put survivors of domestic abuse with second phones at risk.
Emma Pickering, senior operations tech abuse manager at Refuge, said: "Our concerns are centred on the very real risk to survivors of domestic abuse who may have secret or secondary phones hidden within the home, which they must ensure are not discovered by their perpetrators."These alerts will come through as a loud siren even if devices are on silent and could alert an abuser to a concealed device," she added.
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