National Emergency System

Tsunami Alert

Intensity report

National Emergency System (NES) is the emergency broadcasting system ran by LTVG. From 1st of January 1990 till 1st of September 1995 it was using Air Raid siren recording as an attention signal. From the 2nd of September 1995 up to now it is using Alert Ready (Canadian Civil defense System) as an attention signal. The latest activation was made on the 1st of March, 2020 at 12AM.

Roots of the system

The NES was established at New Year's Day 1990 after the FUBK1 tornado have swept the region of Raatimaa, Alivieska - ultimately making 7 000 000 MK of damage. In the first 5 years, the tests of the warnings were made on the 7th day of every month to compete with Vaaratiedote - the system which is normally used on Radio and TV for warnings. The first NON TEST warning was made on the 1st of November 1996 - the blizzard warning was in effect. The Finnish was added to the system on the 12th of October 1993 per the request of the government of the TV Land.