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Guidelines for choosing and preparing a protected space

Choose the protected space according to the amount of time at your disposal from the moment the siren is sounded or an explosion is heard, in the following order of priority:

MAMAD (Apartment Protected Space) or MAMAK (Floor Protected Space – a protected room on each story of a multistory building) are the preferred choice.

Apartment building bomb shelter: provided that the bomb shelter is internal and located inside the building, and provided that it can be reached via an internal stairwell, regardless of the amount of warning time available.

Public bomb shelter: provided you can reach it within the required time from the moment the siren is sounded. If there is no MAMAD or MAMAK or bomb shelter, choose a protected internal space with the least number of exterior walls, windows and openings.

Tenants of the top floor of a building more than three stories high without a MAMAD or MAMAK or an internal bomb shelter must descend two floors and remain in the stairwell.

Tenants of the top floor of a three-story building without a MAMAD or MAMAK or an internal bomb shelter, must descend one floor and remain in the stairwell.

For more information Phone 104 and visit Pikud Haoref website: www.oref.org.il