It may be necessary to turn off or turn on alerts on your smartphone – because you are going on a trip, attending a job interview, a movie at the cinema or a play.
Remember that emergency alerts pass through the filters and restrictions (side button mute mode) that you have set on your phone.
On iPhone
On the Apple devicesgovernment alerts are enabled by default.
When you receive a government alert, you hear a distinctive sound that resembles an alarm. To turn these alerts on or off, follow these steps:
- Go to Settings > Notifications.
- Scroll to the bottom of the screen.
- Under Government Alerts, turn alerts on or off.
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On Android
How to enable or disable Emergency, Weather and Amber Alerts on your Android phone?
- Go to Settings on your Android device.
- Go to Notifications.
- Scroll down to Wireless Emergency Alerts (or another section depending on your version of Android until you find Wireless Emergency Alerts).
- Under Allow Alerts, tap the slider to the left to turn them off or to the right to turn them on.
On Android, other settings are also available, such as:
- Extreme threats
- Menaces graves
- Test alerts
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Other Means of Communicating Amber Alerts
Even when disabled on your phone, Amber Alerts can be broadcast and accessed from the X account (Twitter) of the Sûreté du Québec.
Or by the account Facebook of the Sûreté du Québec.
Amber Alert History
Amber Alert originates from the United States. It was born following the kidnapping of a nine-year-old girl, Amber Hagerman, on January 13, 1996 in the city of Arlington, Texas.
The site alerteamber.ca gives valuable prevention advice to parents of children, including calling the police as soon as their child is missing.
Finally, remember to gather as many details as possible when calling emergency services if you see something that matches the description broadcast:
- the exact location
- the means of transport
- the physical
- the management
- any other useful information
Phone numbers to save on your device
- 911
- 310-4141
- 4141 for cell phones
- The number of the local police force
