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Emergency Safety Notice
Koruya is not a public authority or an official warning system; it does not replace official warnings or emergency services. Delivery of alerts and messages is not guaranteed. If your life is in danger, call your local emergency number now (your local emergency number) and follow the authorities' instructions.
1. What Koruya is and is not
- Koruya is an independent app that brings together information and tools you may need before and during a disaster.
- Koruya is not a public authority, nor an app or authorised channel of AFAD or any other official body; it does not speak for any authority and is not endorsed by any. Agencies named in the app are only data or guidance sources.
- Koruya does not replace official emergency services (ambulance, fire, police, search and rescue) and does not alert them on your behalf.
2. Alerts
- Alerts are taken automatically from public sources; they can be late, incomplete or wrong. Some are automated estimates or satellite detections and are labelled as such.
- Koruya is not an earthquake early-warning system; it does not announce an earthquake in advance.
- Your phone's settings, battery saving, the network and the operating system can delay or block notifications. Koruya cannot guarantee that you will be alerted to every event.
- Also follow official warnings, local authority announcements and broadcasters.
3. SOS, calls and messages
- The emergency call button opens only a number checked against an official source in your phone app; you start the call. In a country whose number could not be verified it never dials a number by itself.
- Koruya does not send SOS and location messages through its own server; they are shared through the app you choose (SMS, WhatsApp, etc.) and you send them. Koruya cannot confirm delivery; seeing "sent" does not mean the recipient read it.
- The "Info for responders" packet is prepared for you to show or share with rescue teams; Koruya never passes it to any agency by itself.
- Without a network or internet, messages and family updates may not go out.
4. Experimental and switched-off features
- Features marked "experimental" or "under construction" are being tested; do not rely on them in an emergency. Example: Koruya Bağ (relay through nearby phones over Bluetooth) — the system is ready and testing continues; in the store version it is under construction and does not work.
- The web app has no SOS, no push notifications and no Bluetooth; for alerts, use the mobile app and official channels.
- Assembly points and critical places on the map are community data; they have not been verified as official assembly areas.
5. Health and preparedness information
Guides and lessons are general information; they are not medical, legal or engineering advice. Official instructions where you are always come first.
6. Tell us
If you see wrong or misleading information: support@koruya.app. Security vulnerabilities: account@koruya.app.