This is how you will find a shelter for yourself. A special map will help

Local governments are obliged to provide places in protective buildings, as well as places of temporary shelter or hiding, for at least 25 percent. the total population living in a given commune. Meanwhile, during the inspection, only 31% took care of it. commune heads, mayors and city presidents. Moreover, it turns out that most Poles simply do not know where there is a shelter near their place of residence.

Check where the shelter is. A special map will help

However, it turns out that it is easy to check where there is a shelter, “temporary shelter” or hiding place nearby. examined the operation of a special map of shelters, which is updated by the State Fire Service. If we want to find out if there is a place near our place of residence or stay where we can hide in case of danger, we can (on a computer or laptop) use the website prepared by the fire brigade:

Map of shelters and places of emergency hiding Fire brigade

We can enter our address on the map or use our current location, as well as limit or extend the scope of the “search”. The map will show: places of emergency shelter, places of hiding and shelters. Each place is described. We can find out, among others: how many people it is intended for and what size it has.

You can also “run” the map of shelters on your phone. How the “Shelters” application works

The places where shelters and other structures used for hiding are located can be checked – in addition to the address given above – via the “Shelters” application, also on the phone at: . It is – just like in the case of desktop computers – an interactive map that allows you to easily and intuitively search for the nearest place of shelter divided into categories – places of immediate shelter, hiding place and shelter. There is no dedicated application, the website works in browser form.

How many shelters are there in Poland?

after last year’s conference on the inspection of shelters, “The State Fire Service inventoried a total of 234,735 building structures throughout the country. They were classified as protective structures, i.e. shelters and hiding places, and emergency shelter places (MDS).” A description of individual types of facilities is presented on the website warszawa19115.pl dedicated to the “Shelters” application prepared by the State Fire Service. As we read:

• “temporary shelter places (MDS) – act as a shield against extreme weather phenomena, such as storms, storms, tornadoes, as well as detached structural elements of buildings and broken trees (these are usually basements, underground garages, schools, churches) .
• concealment (U) – a non-hermetic protective structure, equipped with the simplest installations ensuring protection of people, equipment, material supplies or other material goods against assumed factors of destruction acting from specific sides.
• shelter (S) – is a protective structure with a structurally closed, hermetic casing, ensuring protection of persons, equipment, material supplies or other material goods against assumed factors of destruction acting from all sides.