Firefighters and construction oversight engineers shall conduct a review of the structures which may constitute collective protection sites in the event of an air hazard. Over 2,000 objects have already been checked. At the same time, the government allocated almost PLN 5 billion to the construction of fresh shelters and adaptation to these buildings. The location of the nearest hiding place is indicated to Poles by the application, which is being developed.
Priority Civil Protection and Defence Programme For the period 2025–2026, the preparation of collective protection facilities, the modernisation of alarming and communication systems and the improvement of civilian protection. The mayors, mayors, city presidents, governors are liable for these tasks., voivods, marshals of voivodships, as well as the Minister of the Interior. Local governments are not left to themselves. If the owner or the manager of the facility submits the request to adapt it to the function of refuge, the applicable authorities may supply a grant for this purpose, up to 100% of the investment costs. In total, the government has allocated to support tasks related to Civil protection and civilian protection Almost PLN 5 billion.
First review
In order to know precisely where to direct the measures, the service must first conduct a review of the facilities that can meet the task of collective protection, specified as cellars, garages or former shelters. Specialists measure their method condition, location, availability and adaptability to modern requirements. Ventilation, tightness or opposition to impact waves are besides important. The review documentation will be the basis for financial support, both for renovations and comprehensive modernisation of existing shelters and for hiding.
The Ministry of Interior and Administration informs that so far the State Fire Department and the region inspectorates of construction supervision have conducted 2,000 specified visits. According to firefighters, over 1,000 protective structures can execute their functions.
Priority of the east Wall
As a first step, measures are to be directed at renovations in the areas covered Tarcza East programme, i.e. on the wall of the east country, and "in the cities designated by the voivodes as peculiarly vulnerable", says the Ministry’s Communication. Renovation of shelters and hiding under schools, the alleged millenniums, which were built in the 1960s.
If there is no shelter in a given town, the civilian Protection and Defence Act obliges local governments to designate facilities where specified a building can be created. "The aim ... is to supply places in all collective protection facilities for at least half (including 25% in protective buildings) of the expected population, in urban emergency situations, and 25% outside their borders (including 15% in protective buildings)" stressed the Ministry of abroad Affairs.
Collective protection facilities are divided into 2 categories: protection structures, namely shelters and hiding places, and ad hoc shelter.
You'll check your telephone for hiding.
At the same time work is underway on creating an application that will inform Poles about the nearest places of refuge. A spokesperson for the Ministry of abroad Affairs Karolina Gałecka told PAP that the Polish website uses Ukrainian experience in this matter. “We are considering different options, specified as whether the application will collect and supply information [...] about shelters and shelters only in their territory, or whether it will be nationwide,” Gałecki added.
At the same time, she recalled that the map on which the nearest shelters and shelters can be checked is already available, among others, on the State Fire Department website.
