1. Editorial principles
The service prioritises accuracy, relevance, neutrality, proportionality and practical usefulness. It does not publish rumours as facts, use inflammatory language or make political predictions.
Trust and verification
Alert methodology
A disciplined process for separating confirmed information, professional assessment and operational recommendations.
2. Source hierarchy
Primary official sources
Government notices, police, fire and civil defence, disaster-management authorities, weather authorities, airport or transport authorities and formal organisational statements.
Established reporting
Recognised national and regional media with identifiable reporting and editorial accountability.
Trusted professional sources
Known security, administration, logistics, programme and field contacts whose access and reliability can be assessed.
Open-source reports
Social-media posts and forwarded messages are treated as leads, not confirmation.
3. Verification threshold
An alert may be published when a reliable primary source confirms the event, two credible independent sources corroborate material facts, or a single credible report is clearly labelled as developing or unconfirmed.
No alert should be distributed only to satisfy a publication schedule. When nothing material has changed, no message is preferable to low-value noise.
4. Severity levels
Advisory
Useful situational information without major immediate disruption.
Moderate
Possible local disruption or increased caution.
High
Significant safety, movement or operational implications.
Critical
Immediate threat requiring avoidance or urgent action.
5. Confidence labels
- Confirmed: supported by authoritative or sufficiently corroborated information.
- Assessed as credible: reliable reporting supports the assessment, although some details may remain incomplete.
- Developing: material facts or operational effects continue to change.
- Reported but unconfirmed: relevant information exists but independent confirmation is unavailable.
6. Updates and corrections
Material changes are added with a visible update time. Corrections explain what changed and are redistributed when the change alters operational guidance. Resolved items are closed rather than silently deleted.
7. Service limitations
The service provides advisory information, not emergency dispatch, law-enforcement support or a guarantee of complete incident coverage. Subscribers remain responsible for decisions and should follow competent authorities during emergencies.