At the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the air raid notification system became one of the major problems. In many districts of various cities and villages, people cannot hear the air raid alerts signals. Moreover, it’s almost impossible to monitor the Regional State Administration messages in Telegram/Viber all the time. That is why we came up with an idea to create an alternative reliable tool that will instantly send alerts from the civil defense system in all regions of Ukraine and will be able to warn people about the danger.
Development of Air Alert App
We developed the Air Alert app together with Ajax Systems and with the support of the Ministry of Digital Transformation in just one day in March 2022.
On the second day, the app has already become the first in the segment of Ukrainian AppStore news, which was listed by Forbes and AIN.UA and entered the list of top apps on the Play Market. During the week, it was downloaded by over 2 million users.
It has been downloaded 26M times and is used by more than 6M Ukrainians.
The app informs about the beginning and end of air, chemical, technogenic and other types of civil defense system emergencies, providing the loudest possible alarms even in silent or sleep mode of the smartphone (it is the only application that supports the critical messages). By the way, on Android OS there is already a function that was requested by many users - the ability to regulate the volume of the alert directly in the app.
The Air Alert application does not require registration, does not collect personal data or geolocation data of the users.
In the app, you can choose any region of Ukraine. You can receive alarms only for a particular area or territorial community. It is also possible to install the app in EU countries and the USA.
How the "Air Alert" works:
- The operator of the regional state administration receives a signal about the air raid alarm.
- The operator immediately transmits information to the console.
- The app sends an alarm message to the users, who have chosen the corresponding region, district, or territorial municipality.
- As soon as the operator sends a signal to cancel the air raid alarm, users receive a corresponding message from the app.
We would like to emphasize that the app should be used as an additional opportunity to receive a civil defense system notification. We also highly recommend you to listen to the street sirens and check the information about the air raid alarm status in the official sources, such as the channels of Regional State Administrations on Telegram/Viber.
We was working diligently 24 hours a day to improve our app and we are thankful for all Ukrainians who helped us test the app. Thanks to direct cooperation with the Regional State Administrations and the Ministry of Digital Transformation, we were able to quickly connect new regions and inform as many people as possible about potential threats.
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Important! The app works only when connected to the Internet! Important! Help your friends, parents, and elder people to set the app to automatically update to be sure that you and yours don’t miss important improvements and fix critical errors. It could save your life.
Air Alert 6.0 Update
As of February 28, 2024, the Air Alert Application has received extended functionality. So, what has been added to the updated app?
The Air Alert app will now send warnings of increased danger in certain cities and communities. In the updated version of the Air Alert app, notifications about an approaching missile or unmanned aerial vehicle will be sent in addition to the general alarm. This will allow users to be notified of a threat to their location.
In addition, the following functionality was added to the application:
- Adjusting the volume of the notification “Increased danger!”
- Notification if the message “Increased danger!” stops coming
Information about all types of danger is transmitted by responsible officers of the Civil Defense in the military regional administrations of Ukraine. Coordination of alarms is provided by emergency services.
To receive these additional threat alerts, please install version 6.0 of the app. If the app doesn't update itself, update it manually or reinstall it. The update is already available for iOS and Android users.
Other Emergencies Projects of Stfalcon
Stfalcon is a Ukrainian company developing web services and mobile applications for small and medium-sized businesses and startups for 14 years. Our advantage is effective communication between all project participants. We work flexibly and with maximum efficiency, providing complex and high-quality solutions.
In addition to developing the Air Alarm, our portfolio has other cases that save people's lives in wartime conditions:
eRaketa
Stfalcon has created a service that allows users who notice a missile or drone flying overhead to notify air defense forces for further response.
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Device for remote control of street sirens
Also, we created a device that solved the problem of remote control of street warning sirens and can inform people in large enterprises and shopping centers.
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