Civil defence in Estonia reached an important milestone recently when Paide became the country's first city to be fully covered by air raid sirens. In an emergency, these sirens will always be used in conjunction with other notification systems including texts / SMS, kriis.ee and the state phone helpline 1247. Since Russia's full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine the Estonian government has increased defence spending. Installation of sirens is simultaneously underway in more than 15 settlements across Estonia. In the coming years, the Estonian government will be allocating an additional €1.1 billion to national defence.
