A new round of testing of the IT-ALERT public alarm system begins: from 7 to 16 October 2025 there will be 5 other simulations, which will involve 60 municipalities in total between Emilia-Romagna, autonomous province of Trento and autonomous province of Bolzano. Specifically, the tests will concern two specific risk scenarios: the collapse of large dams and relevant accidents in industrial plants.
As always, the test will include the sending of textual and sound notifications to all mobile phones hooked to the telephone cells of the areas concerned: the simulations will begin today, October 7, at 11:00 with the test for collapse of the Suviana Dam (BO), which will also involve the city of Bologna, and will end on October 16 with the collapse scenarios of the dam of Forte Buso (TN), for which some municipalities will be reached by Trentino-Alto-Adige.
Although the IT-ALERT system has been officially active since 2024, its experimentation is still underway for three specific risks (tsures, volcanic activities of Stromboli and intense rainfall), while new tests are periodically carried out to raise awareness of the population and improve the technology of the alarm system.
The It-Art test calendar: where and when the message sounds
So let’s see the complete calendar with the IT-ALERT tests that will take place from 7 to 16 October 2025.
7 October 2025-Emilia-Romagna
The test is scheduled for 11:00 and will simulate the collapse of a large dam. In particular, the simulation will involve all the neighboring municipalities at the Suviana dam, including the city of Bologna: Castel di Casio; Camugnano; Grizzana Morandi; Gaggio Montano, Vergato; Marzabotto; Sasso Marconi; Casalecchio di Reno; Bologna; Castel Maggiore; Calderara di Reno; Bentivoglio; San Giorgio di Piano; Argelato; Bolognese room; Castello d’Argile.
The pop-up text will be this:
Test test this is a message of it-art test. The simulation of the collapse of a dam is underway in the area where you are. To know the message you will receive in case of real danger and to fill in the questionnaire go to www.IT- allert.gov.it test test
9 October 2025-Emilia-Romagna
The second simulation will take place on October 9, 2025 at 11:00, always for the collapse of a large dam. Specifically, all the neighboring municipalities will be involved at the Molato dam: Alta Val Tidone, Pianello VT, Borgonovo VT, Agazzano, Gragnano Trebbiense, Rottofreno, Sarmato.
As for the previous case, the pop-up text will be:
Test test this is a message of it-art test. The simulation of the collapse of a dam is underway in the area where you are. To know the message you will receive in case of real danger and to fill in the questionnaire go to www.IT- allert.gov.it test test
October 15, 2025-Emilia-Romagna
Two tests will be held on October 15, both for a significant industrial accident: the first is scheduled for 10:00 and will concern the Municipality of Forlì for a hypothetical scenario of accident of Zannoni Srl, which deals with the distribution of fuel; The second, however, will be at 11:00 and will involve the municipalities of Casalgrande and Sassuolo for the hypothetical accident of Eurogas Energia Srl.
In both cases, the pop-up text will be as follows:
Test test this is a message of it-art test. The simulation of an accident in an industrial system is underway in the area where you are. To know the message you will receive in case of real danger and to fill in the questionnaire go to www.IT- allert.gov.it test test
October 16, 2025 – Autonomous Provinces of Trento and Bolzano
The new round of tests will end on October 16 at 10:00 with the simulation for the collapse of the dam of Forte Buso which will involve some municipalities of the autonomous provinces of Trento (Predazzo, Ziano di Fiemme, Panchi, Tessero, Cavalese, Castello-Molina di Fiemme, Capriana, Valfloriana, Altavalle, Sovere, Segonzano, Cembra-Lisignago, Lona-Lases. Albiano, Giovo, Lavis, Terre d’Adige, Vallelaghi, Trento, Aldeno, Besenello, names, Calliano, Volano, Pomarolo, Villa Lagarina, Rovereto, Nogaredo, Isera, Mori, Ala, Avio) and of Bolzano (Anterivo – Others).
The content of the pop-up message will always be the same:
Test test this is a message of it-art test. The simulation of the collapse of a dam is underway in the area where you are. To know the message you will receive in case of real danger and to fill in the questionnaire go to www.IT- allert.gov.it test test
What to do when the It-Art Alarm sounds on the mobile phone
The test consists in sending a text notification and a sound alarm to all the smartphones on and hooked to the cells that cover the areas affected by the specific risks that are simulated. Once you have received the simulation message you will not have to do anything: the IT-ALRT system, in fact, does not include an interaction with the messages. However, since it is a test, the citizens involved will be able to fill in a questionnaire (not mandatory) to communicate whether the Alert has been received or not and ensure the efficiency of communication flows in the future.
After a dense test program between 2023 and 2024, the new tests bring to 11 the total simulations conducted so far in 2025, dedicated to specific risk scenarios to verify the correct functioning of the system and identify the parameters to be optimized to improve their effectiveness.
