Metal fans Download festival Later this week has been urged to put your wearer. Technology When in airplane mode Go to a mosque pit To avoid casual 999 calls.
Most weekends Lesestersresire police Handle about 600 emergency calls, but when Three -day ceremony running on Donington ParkThese calls increase by about 700.
It is in part because when festivals wear techniques such as smart clocks Suppose they are “in a collision”Lessestershire police warned.
This causes a huge increase in the call, which keeps the call handler under pressure and can take resources away from real emergency situations.
Police said that each call is to be assessed and those who make unwanted 999 calls are told that they are safe.
The force said: “All those calls were to be evaluated, with three outbound call attempts to ensure that there is no danger, risk or loss, our contact handler has to be taken away from answering true emergency calls.”
To avoid re -avoiding, those who participate in the festival have been asked to place their smart watches on airplane mode before entering a mosque pit.
The police requested people to respond to “hidden numbers” to find out that you are safe and “switching to airplane mode or disabled emergency alert on your wearing technique”.
The download festival, which is already running, is expected to host around 75,000 rock fans, according to the organizers.
Gates of the festival were opened for fans on Wednesday a three -day festival, with acts including Headlineer Green Day, Sleep Token and Corn.
The Metal Festival has seen many incidents in the last few years. In 2022, two people died on the festival after being unwell, with a suspected cardiac arrest. The Lessestershire police said that the person was rushed to the hospital on Saturday evening, when the heavy metal band was the Iron Madeen Headline Act.