FirstTide reads the local channels your desk picks, in the languages they post in, and files each report under the story it belongs to.
Fire at a refinery in Tuapse after a reported drone attack
Tuapse, Krasnodar region, Russia
Defense and government
Взрывы и пожар на НПЗ, слышно по всему городу.
Explosions and a fire at the refinery, heard across the city.
High
4 channels report it, and the regional governor names drone debris as the cause.
Minister to resign over a leaked recording, spokesperson says
Jerusalem
News desks
השר מתפטר הערב. ההקלטה בדרך.
The minister resigns tonight. The recording is on its way.
Medium
A regional channel names the ministry spokesperson, and a national site cites his office.
Ships report GPS interference near the Strait of Hormuz
Strait of Hormuz
Defense and government
اختلال در جیپیاس کشتیها نزدیک تنگه هرمز گزارش شد.
GPS disruption reported on ships near the Strait of Hormuz.
Medium
3 channels report it. None names a vessel or shows the tracking data.
Container ship aground in the Suez Canal near Ismailia
Ismailia, Egypt
OSINT
فيديو: سفينة حاويات جانحة في قناة السويس قرب الإسماعيلية.
Video: a container ship aground in the Suez Canal near Ismailia.
High
5 channels report it, and the canal authority, named, says tugs are working to refloat the ship.
Fuel shortage brings long queues to petrol stations in Abidjan
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
News desks
Longues files d'attente devant les stations-service à Abidjan ce matin.
Long queues at petrol stations in Abidjan this morning.
Low
3 channels report it. None says who saw the queues.
Drought and fires damage coffee farms around Caconde
Caconde, São Paulo state, Brazil
Trading desks
Incêndio atinge cafezais em Caconde.
Fire reaches coffee fields in Caconde.
Medium
4 channels report it, the last a wire service under its own name.
FirstTide files every report of the event under one story, puts it on the map where it happened and names the channel that posted first.
Container ship aground in the Suez Canal near Ismailia
Ismailia, Egypt
First posted by a local Arabic channel at 09:12. 4 more of your channels posted it in the next 55 minutes, in Arabic, English and Turkish.
The story, not each post: a level in words, from Very low to High, and a one-line reason.
Ships report GPS interference near the Strait of Hormuz
Medium
3 channels report it. None names a vessel or shows the tracking data.
Hear the claim while it is a rumor. See the moment a post names its source.
Minister to resign over a leaked recording, spokesperson says
Jerusalem
השר מתפטר הערב. ההקלטה בדרך.
The minister resigns tonight. The recording is on its way.
The first report, with no source
דובר המשרד: השר יודיע על התפטרותו ב-22:00.
Ministry spokesperson: the minister will announce his resignation at 22:00.
A named source: the level rises to Medium
The desk runs it at 21:38.
Local reports on supply, read in the language they are posted in, before you brief the desk.
Drought and fires damage coffee farms around Caconde
Caconde, São Paulo state, Brazil
Day 1
Incêndio atinge cafezais em Caconde.
Fire reaches coffee fields in Caconde.
The desk is told
Day 3
Brazil drought and fires damage coffee farms.
The wire
The public channels you pick for your area, read in their own languages. Or run FirstTide inside your closed network, with nothing coming in from outside: your own feeds and reports become the sources, on the same stories, levels and map.
Ships report GPS interference near the Strait of Hormuz
Strait of Hormuz
Inside your closed network
Two vessels in our area report GPS interference near the strait.
Patrol sees the same interference on two receivers off Musandam.
High
4 of your units report it, 2 from their own receivers, and the patrol names the place.
Container ship aground in the Suez Canal near Ismailia
Ismailia, Egypt
فيديو: سفينة حاويات جانحة في قناة السويس قرب الإسماعيلية.
Video: a container ship aground in the Suez Canal near Ismailia.
The first post, with a video of the ship
BREAKING: Suez Canal blocked again.
The post most people saw, with no source
First: the local channel, 50 minutes before the aggregator.
FirstTide is built by Bernard Moerdler. In March 2022 he built and launched Ukraine Siren Alerts, an air-raid alert service for Ukraine that, by his count, alerted more than 2 million people.
Ukraine Siren Alerts in the press, 2022
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