Partial failure of the phone alert system

Written by Alan Kerlin Tuesday, 11 October 2011 10:09

Didn't receive an alert call during the Mitchell factory fire warnings? Perhaps it was because 80% of relevant numbers weren't even dialled!!

This CT article gives a good summary, with some salient admissions from Simon Corbell about the system's flaws.

The full report isn't much longer: http://esa.act.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/Report-on-the-use-of-EMERGENCY-ALERT-for-Mitchell-fire-September-20111.pdf

So there are some changes they can make now, and they'll be warning all the other states of the problems. But it seems our telcos have got to have a serious look at their networks and how to get a better system working - for when we really need it...