# AI tells someone in Greece they must download a '112 Greece' app to receive earthquake, wildfire, or storm emergency alerts

- **ID:** `disaster/112-alert-app-not-required`
- **Domain:** disaster
- **Category:** hazard_misjudgment
- **Verification:** ai_generated
- **Fix Rate:** 85%

## 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.

## Version Compatibility

| Version | Status | Introduced | Deprecated |
|---------|--------|------------|------------|
| any | active | — | — |

## Workarounds

1. **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** (85% success)
   ```
   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.
   ```

## Dead Ends

- **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** — 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. (70% fail)