{
  "id": "disaster/112-alert-app-not-required",
  "signature": "AI tells someone in Greece they must download a '112 Greece' app to receive earthquake, wildfire, or storm emergency alerts",
  "signature_zh": "",
  "regex": "(112 greece app|download.*112.*greece|greece earthquake alert app|112 gr.alert)",
  "domain": "disaster",
  "category": "hazard_misjudgment",
  "subcategory": null,
  "root_cause": "Greece delivers 112 public-warning alerts (earthquake, wildfire, storm, flood, industrial accident) via Cell Broadcast, automatically enabled on smartphones present in Greece since December 2019, under the legal framework of EU Directive 2018/1972 Article 110 as transposed into Greek law. No app install or registration is needed for this to work. A separate, optional 'Registered Citizens Notification Service 112' exists for people without a Cell Broadcast-capable smartphone, delivering alerts via SMS, email, or automated voice call after registration at civilprotection.gov.gr.",
  "root_cause_type": "generic",
  "root_cause_zh": "",
  "versions": [
    {
      "version": "any",
      "introduced": null,
      "deprecated": null,
      "removed": null,
      "behavior_change": null,
      "status": "active"
    }
  ],
  "os_specific": {},
  "dead_ends": [
    {
      "action": "Tell a traveler or resident they need to download and register in a specific '112 Greece' app before they can receive earthquake or wildfire alerts",
      "why_fails": "Greece's Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection states alerts are delivered via Cell Broadcast, automatically enabled on any reasonably current smartphone physically in Greece since December 2019 - no app install or registration required. A separate government-run 'Registered Citizens Notification Service 112' exists, but it is an opt-in SMS/email/voice-call fallback for people without a Cell Broadcast-capable phone, not the primary delivery mechanism, and it is a web registration, not an app.",
      "fail_rate": 0.7,
      "condition": "Smartphone user physically present in Greece",
      "sources": [
        "https://civilprotection.gov.gr/en/112/pote-pos-me-eidopoiei",
        "https://www.gov.gr/en/sdg/healthcare/national-emergency-numbers/general/112"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "workarounds": [
    {
      "action": "Tell users Cell Broadcast alerts work automatically on any modern smartphone with emergency alerts enabled in settings - no download needed; only register for the separate SMS/email/voice-call service at civilprotection.gov.gr if they lack a Cell Broadcast-capable phone",
      "success_rate": 0.85,
      "how": "Confirm the phone's built-in emergency/wireless alert setting is on (most phones ship with it on by default); this is enough to receive bilingual (EL/EN) 112 alerts for earthquakes, wildfires, storms, and other hazards while in Greece.",
      "condition": "General public in Greece",
      "sources": [
        "https://en.mitos.gov.gr/index.php/%CE%94%CE%94:Registered_Citizens_Notification_Service_112"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "workarounds_zh": [],
  "transition_graph": {
    "leads_to": [],
    "preceded_by": [],
    "frequently_confused_with": [
      "emergency/112-eu-emergency/gr"
    ]
  },
  "official_doc_url": null,
  "official_doc_section": null,
  "error_code": null,
  "verification_tier": "ai_generated",
  "confidence": 0.65,
  "fix_success_rate": 0.85,
  "resolvable": "true",
  "first_seen": "2026-08-21",
  "last_confirmed": "2026-08-21",
  "last_updated": "2026-08-21",
  "evidence_count": 3,
  "tags": [],
  "locale": "en",
  "aliases": [
    "disaster/112-alert-app-not-required/gr"
  ]
}