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War scenario (including a missile attack)

 

Protected spaces are rooms constructed from reinforced concrete. These are located in homes or apartments (MAMAD), on each floor of a building (MAMAK) or are public shelters (miklat). Signs in office buildings and laboratories indicate the location of shelters. Administrators are responsible for managing the shelters, as per the safety guidelines. If you are not familiar with the location of the shelter in your work area, please contact your administrator to locate the shelter and the fastest way to reach it during an emergency. Public shelters provide protection for Institute employees outside during a missile attack, or for employees who do not have a dedicated shelter in their homes. The shelters are opened when the emergency preparedness level rises and according to the assessment of the current situation. The shelters are shut and cleaned periodically. Each public shelter is equipped to shelter employees for a number of hours and contains a washroom, cleaning supplies, a telephone, a chemical air-filtration system, drinking water, first-aid supplies and a radio.

Instructions how to proceed are given over the radio. You may leave the shelter after 90 minutes if no other instructions are issued. No all-clear siren will be sounded.

*The Institute’s center of operations will send updates by SMS.


The following guidelines outline how to proceed when you hear a siren:

On the Institute campus you have 90 seconds to find shelter from the moment the siren sounds.

You must enter the protected area within 90 seconds, according to the following priorities:

  1. Preference is to take shelter in a MAMAD (shelter in a home or apartment) or MAMAK (shelter on the floor of a building).
  2. Shelter in a building – if the building has an interior stairwell, descend to the shelter regardless of the time required to reach it (an interior stairwell is also considered a good protected space). If the stairwell is not internal and protected, only descend to the shelter if you can reach it within the amount of time specified in your area from the moment the siren is heard.
  3. Public shelter – if you can reach it within the amount of time specified in your area from the moment the siren is heard.
  4. Inner room – if you cannot reach a MAMAD, MAMAK or shelter in time, choose the room in your home with the fewest number of external walls, windows, doors or openings.
  5. Residents of multistory buildings:
    • In a 3-story building with no MAMAD or MAMAK, the middle floor of the stairwell is the safest place. Residents of the third floor, with no MAMAD or MAMAK should descend one floor, while residents of the first floor should ascend one floor.
    • In a building that is four or more stories high, with no MAMAD or MAMAK, all residents on or above the fourth floor should descend to the second floor stairwell, while residents of the first floor should ascend to the second floor.

Prefabricated buildings only provide limited protection. When you hear a siren, lie on the floor and protect your head with your arms.

Immediately enter the nearest building. If there is no building nearby, lie the ground and protect your head with your arms.

Stop by the side of the road and enter the nearest building. If you cannot reach shelter during the allotted amount of time, stop on the side of the road, exit and distance yourself from the vehicle. Lie on the ground and protect your head with your arms.