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  "id": "disaster/be-alert-registration-not-required",
  "signature": "AI tells someone in Belgium they must sign up on be-alert.be before an emergency to receive a flood, chemical incident, or other BE-Alert warning",
  "signature_zh": "",
  "regex": "(be-alert|be alert belgium|belgium emergency alert (app|sign ?up|register))",
  "domain": "disaster",
  "category": "hazard_misjudgment",
  "subcategory": null,
  "root_cause": "Belgium's National Crisis Center delivers BE-Alert warnings to any mobile phone connected to a transmitter mast inside a declared risk zone, with no prior sign-up needed - confirmed by BE-Alert's own FAQ ('You don't have to do anything for this'), by the Crisis Center's explanation that 'Even if you are not registered with BE-Alert, you will receive an alert message,' and by the City of Brussels' own BE-Alert page. Voluntary registration at be-alert.be adds extra coverage on top of this: alerts tied to specific addresses (e.g. a flood warning for your home) even while you are elsewhere, and delivery via SMS, e-mail, or voice call regardless of which mast you are near.",
  "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 resident or traveler in Belgium that they will not receive any emergency alert unless they first register on be-alert.be",
      "why_fails": "BE-Alert's own FAQ states plainly that for a location-based alert, 'You don't have to do anything for this. If your mobile phone is connected to a transmitter mast in the risk zone, you will receive a text message.' The Belgian Crisis Center confirms the same: authorities can broadcast to every phone in an affected area, and 'even if you are not registered with BE-Alert, you will receive an alert message.'",
      "fail_rate": 0.75,
      "condition": "Mobile phone connected to a mast inside the declared risk zone",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.be-alert.be/en/faq",
        "https://crisiscenter.be/en/what-can-you-do/stay-informed/be-alert-alerts-your-phone",
        "https://www.brussels.be/be-alert"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "workarounds": [
    {
      "action": "For baseline coverage, do nothing beyond keeping a phone connected to the local network while in Belgium - mast-based alerts reach anyone physically present in a risk zone automatically",
      "success_rate": 0.85,
      "how": "",
      "condition": "General presence in Belgium",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.be-alert.be/en/faq"
      ]
    },
    {
      "action": "Register voluntarily at be-alert.be to also get alerts tied to a specific address (e.g. your home flood zone) even when you are not physically there, or if you want delivery via SMS/e-mail/voice call regardless of network mast",
      "success_rate": 0.8,
      "how": "The Crisis Center distinguishes registered address-based alerts from unregistered mast-based ones; registering is the only way to be warned about a risk near a home or work address while you are away from it.",
      "condition": "Wants alerts for a specific address, not just current location",
      "sources": [
        "https://crisiscenter.be/en/what-can-you-do/stay-informed/be-alert-alerts-your-phone"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "workarounds_zh": [],
  "transition_graph": {
    "leads_to": [],
    "preceded_by": [],
    "frequently_confused_with": [
      "emergency/112-eu-emergency/be"
    ]
  },
  "official_doc_url": null,
  "official_doc_section": null,
  "error_code": null,
  "verification_tier": "ai_generated",
  "confidence": 0.7,
  "fix_success_rate": 0.85,
  "resolvable": "true",
  "first_seen": "2026-08-24",
  "last_confirmed": "2026-08-24",
  "last_updated": "2026-08-24",
  "evidence_count": 3,
  "tags": [],
  "locale": "en",
  "aliases": [
    "disaster/be-alert-registration-not-required/be"
  ]
}