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At exactly 9:55 a.m. Wednesday morning, the Quebec Public Safety Ministry will conduct a test of its province-wide alert system, designed to notify residents of a given area affected by one of 14 types of emergency situation, from flooding to forest fires to civil conflicts.

The system works with the participation of broadcasters on TV, radio and online who are obliged to automatically transmit emergency alert messages from the ministry on how to act in order to mitigate the consequences of an emergency.

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Wednesday’s message, which will go out across Quebec, and also be broadcast through the ministry’s Twitter account @secpubliqueqc), will make clear that it is only a test of the system.