Dryicoran National Alert System

The Dryicoran National Alert System, also known by its codename Operation Barry, is a plan of instantly alerting Dryicorans on how to proceed in the event of an internal or external threat to Dryicoran security, or from a natural disaster.

The plan was first created in 1993, based on the YRU-Warning system used in the Yurusirsk Union, and was a secret operation. Since its first use to alert Dryicorans under threat from a possible explosion of Suurvuori in 1997, it has become public knowledge, and those who have constructed the plan have suggested that being in public knowledge is to the system's benefit. The system is regularly updated and limited details of the most recent revisions are now published on the Internet.

Plan execution

 * 1) To execute the plan, an authorised person must first notify the Internal Secretary and Prime Minister, the latter of whom has the authority to start the plan. When started, the Prime Minister automatically assumes all executive powers and functions usually given to the Parliament.
 * 2) A coded notification to avoid outside detection ("This is the Prime Minister. Due to the threat of _____________, I implore you to launch Operation Barry for [insert region here]/the whole of this nation. I instruct you to put others before yourselves, to keep calm, and to maintain the strength and integrity of this nation.") is sent to all emergency services and the Army and to local leaders.
 * 3) The news is broken to Dryicoran News Broadcasting, which will then relay the news to all Dryicorans. All television broadcasts are immediately suspended, and are replaced by a black screen but for the words "Do not go outside of your house, unless you are permitted to when this message is broadcast. Stay on the ground floor, and remain calm yet alert. This channel will cut to news in any moment." This message is looped on all radio stations.
 * 4) OBOs (Operation Barry Officers) locally relay the news to all outside. Dryicorans are encouraged to let someone else inside one's home for shelter in these circumstances. One is also encouraged to contact family if away from home to tell them their location. If they cannot find shelter, one must lie flat on the surface, and do so until contacted by an OBO. They are also permitted to contact family to alert them to their location. Around now, text alerts will have been sent to every mobile phone in the requested area.
 * 5) This advice continues until a message is broadcast announcing the operation is over. Families may go shopping, but must not go outside of their home unless doing so.

Trivia

 * There are an estimated 250 OBOs across Dryicor. Many are concentrated in hard-to-access urban areas.
 * The tune which plays on radio and television when the DNAS is activated is the British WW2 siren. Every OBO has a machine which can play this, and it must be played for a duration of 5 minutes. In order to reach as many people as possible, said sirens are played very loudly, and OBOs playing this siren are given earmuffs to block out the noise.
 * Around every 20 years since 2003, the system is triggered as a test run across the whole of Dryicor. This is never public knowledge that this is a test run.