Ukraine Siren Alerts
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| Developer(s) | Bernard Moerdler |
|---|---|
| Initial release | March 1st 2022 |
| Stable release | 2.28
/ March 27th 2022 |
| Platform | Twitter, Telegram, Facebook |
| Available in | English, Ukrainian |
| Type | Emergency notification system |
| Website | https://uasa.io |
Ukraine Siren Alerts (UASA) is a siren alert system created by Israeli student Bernard 'Boaz' Moerdler[1]. The system automatically alerts users of sirens in Ukraine using data from municipal and cities who post alerts on their website and is based on Israel's Red Color system,[2] which alerts users when a siren is sounded anywhere in Israel. Initially launched on Twitter, the system has since expanded to Telegram and Facebook channels, with an SMS-based system currently in development.[3] UASA also has a map function that allows people to see all active alerts throughout Ukraine.[4]
UASA officially launched on March 1st, 2022, using live streams to interpret when a siren was sounding.[5] Moerdler later improved upon this in version 2, which used information from the municipalities and cities to generate alerts.[6] The program launched in select areas but quickly expanded to cover the entire country by the end of March.[7] The future plan of the program is to develop an application and a website that will help alert users of sirens as well as show why a siren sounded in a specific area.[1]
History
The program's development began with the start of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Mr. Moerdler was inspired to create the program following conversations with his Ukrainian girlfriend, who has relatives in the country. "Initially, I started researching the idea after conversations with my girlfriend, who is from Ukraine, about the systems that they have available there in the country. After that, I did some research more into the system and found that it is quite antiquated in comparison to the ones we have here in Israel."[8] - remarked Moerdler in an interview with the Israeli news network i24 News.
The first version of the program listened to live streams in select areas throughout Ukraine and detected sirens using the sound data[5]. When it detected a siren, the program would post to the platforms it operated on. In the second iteration of the system, UASA harvests data published by municipalities and cities which post their alerts via their own website and social media accounts. It then takes the data and automatically posts it to its social media pages. [9]
In the future, the program will have a website and application which users can use to get alerts of regions.[1] Furthermore, it has been stated that SMS based alerts are in development.[9]
Supported regions
UASA initially started with just support for Kyiv City and later moved to support almost the whole country except for Kherson, citing that is would not be possible due to the take over of the area by Russian forces.[10]
| Region Name | Support status |
|---|---|
| Cherkasy Oblast | Full support |
| Chernihiv Oblast | Full support |
| Chernivtsi Oblast | Whole Oblast alerts only |
| Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | Full support |
| Donetsk Oblast | Full support |
| Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | Whole Oblast alerts only |
| Kharkiv Oblast | Full support |
| Kherson Oblast | Unable to be added |
| Khmelnytskyi Oblast | Full support |
| Kirovohrad Oblast | Full support |
| Kyiv (Municipality) | Full support |
| Kyiv Oblast | Full Support |
| Luhansk Oblast | Full Support |
| Lviv Oblast | Whole Oblast alerts only |
| Mykolaiv Oblast | Full support |
| Odesa Oblast | Full support |
| Poltava Oblast | Full support |
| Rivne Oblast | Full support |
| Sumy Oblast | Full support |
| Ternopil Oblast | Whole Oblast alerts only |
| Vinnytsia Oblast | Full support |
| Volyn Oblast | Whole Oblast alerts only |
| Zakarpattia Oblast | Whole Oblast alerts only |
| Zaporizhzhia Oblast | Full support |
| Zhytomyr Oblast | Whole Oblast alerts only |
See also
References
- ^ a b c "סטודנט ישראלי פיתח "מערכת צבע אדום" לאזרחי אוקראינה - וואלה! טכנולוגיה". וואלה! (in Hebrew). 2022-03-29. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
- ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Технології, що рятують життя: як дізнатися про повітряні тривоги в Україні | DW | 29.03.2022". DW.COM (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ^ "New project inspired by Israel's 'Red Alert' helps update Ukrainians". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ^ "Ukraine Siren Alerts Twitter account". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ^ a b "Ukraine Siren Alerts Twitter account". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ^ "https://twitter.com/ukrainealert/status/1500190425092698112". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
{{cite web}}: External link in|title= - ^ "Ukraine Siren Alerts Twitter account". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ^ "I24 News Israeli company develops a red alert system for Ukrainians, modeled after Israel's quick response to rocket strikes". I24 news. 2022-03-29. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ^ a b Eisenstein, Susan R. "Israeli Nonprofit Develops Ukraine Red Alert System". jewishlink.news. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
- ^ "Ukraine Siren Alerts Twitter account". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
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