In crisis situations, specified as natural disasters or military threats, it is crucial to find safe shelter quickly. The State Fire Department has carried out inventory of facilities that can service as safety sites, classifying them as shelters, hiding and ad hoc shelter (MDS).
Thanks to the application "SCHRONE", available at shelter.straz.gov.pl, citizens can find the nearest safe places. knowing the differences between these categories and their distribution in the country can have a crucial impact on the effectiveness of consequence to threats.
How do they share their shelters?
Security is simply a protective structure Hermetic structureproviding protection against all sides of the fire. They are equipped with filter ventilation devices or regenerative absorbers, allowing longer stay within them. In Poland 1903 shelters were inventarized, which could accommodate over 300 1000 people.
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Hiding is non-hermetic objects, offering basic protection against circumstantial risks. They do not supply full protection against combat poisons. In the country, 8719 specified places were identified, able to accommodate about 1.1 million people.
A place of temporary refuge. Where can you hide?
Emergency shelters (MDS) are non-permanent facilities for civilian protection, but which can supply at least temporary safety. These include:
- cellars in residential buildings (especially in blocks of large plate and older building)
- underground garages (typical for newer housing)
- Underpass
- road and rail tunnels
- underground parts of public buildings (schools, offices or sports halls, frequently equipped with sanitary nodes, which increases their functionality)
They may besides be warehouses, cold stores or method spaces below the ground level. The common feature of these places is easy accessibility and basic protection against shock wave effects, shrapnel or utmost weather phenomena.
How to usage MDS and why is it worth knowing their location?
MDS are not airtight, do not supply protection against chemical or biological contamination. The duration of their stay should be limited to a minimum, e.g. during raid, rocket attack or very strong storms.
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Knowledge of specified places in the immediate vicinity can find life and health, especially where shelters are missing. The "SCHONY" application provides information about more than 224 1000 MDS across Poland, which can accommodate nearly 49 million people in ad hoc conditions.
Regular checking of their location, availability and method position is an action that can be taken in advance. A good solution is to prepare respective alternate routes to the nearest places of refuge, taking into account that the road crossing today, next day may be blocked or destroyed.
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