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What to do: emergency guide

A clear summary of Home Front Command guidance for before, during and after an alert. When in doubt, the official instruction prevails.

Before: get ready

  • Find your zone and learn how long you have to reach a protected space.
  • Locate the protected space at home, at work and in places you visit often.
  • Install the official Home Front Command app and turn on its notifications.
  • Prepare an emergency kit and agree on a plan with your family.

Types of protected space

From best to worst option:

  1. 1

    Mamad

    A reinforced room inside the apartment. The best option if you have one.

  2. 2

    Mamak

    A shared reinforced space on each floor of some buildings.

  3. 3

    Miklat (shelter)

    The building’s shelter or the neighbourhood public shelter.

  4. 4

    Inner stairwell

    If there is no reinforced space: in the middle of the building, away from windows. In buildings with three or more floors, avoid the top floor.

  5. 5

    Inner room

    Last resort: the room with the fewest windows and outer walls.

During an alert: depending on where you are

  • At home or in a building

    Enter the protected space, close the door and the window, and stay away from windows.

  • Outdoors

    Enter the nearest building. If you can’t reach one in time, lie on the ground and protect your head with your hands.

  • In a car

    Pull over, get out and enter a building. If you can’t reach one in time, lie on the ground away from the car and protect your head.

  • On a bus or train

    Follow the driver’s or staff’s instructions. If you can’t reach a building, crouch below the windows and protect your head.

After the alert

  • Stay protected until the Home Front Command says you may leave (usually 10 minutes).
  • Don’t approach rocket fragments or suspicious objects: call the police (100).
  • Check on your family and neighbours.
  • Get information only from official sources and don’t spread rumours.

What to do by alert type

Rockets and missilesEnter a protected space
  1. 1Immediately enter a protected space: mamad, mamak or shelter (miklat).
  2. 2If there is none, go to an inner stairwell or an inner room without windows. In buildings with three or more floors, avoid the top floor.
  3. 3Outdoors, enter the nearest building. If you can’t reach one in time, lie on the ground and protect your head with your hands.
  4. 4In a car, pull over, get out and enter a building. If you can’t reach one in time, lie on the ground and protect your head.
  5. 5Stay protected until the Home Front Command says you may leave (usually 10 minutes).
Hostile aircraft (drone)Enter a protected space
  1. 1Immediately enter a protected space and close doors and windows.
  2. 2If there is no protected space, go to an inner room or an inner stairwell.
  3. 3Stay protected until the Home Front Command says you may leave.
Suspected terrorist infiltrationGo indoors and lock the doors
  1. 1Enter a house or building and lock doors and windows.
  2. 2Stay away from doors and windows. If you can, stay in the protected space and close it.
  3. 3Keep quiet and follow the security forces’ instructions.
  4. 4Don’t go out until the authorities say the danger has passed.
Non-conventional missileEnter a protected space and seal it
  1. 1Immediately enter a protected space and close the door and the window.
  2. 2Follow the Home Front Command’s instructions on official channels.
  3. 3Don’t go out until told to.
Hazardous materialsGo indoors and seal the building
  1. 1Enter the nearest building.
  2. 2Close doors and windows and turn off air conditioning and ventilation.
  3. 3Follow the authorities’ instructions on official channels.
Radiological incidentGo indoors
  1. 1Enter the nearest building, preferably the protected space.
  2. 2Close doors and windows and turn off ventilation.
  3. 3Follow official instructions and don’t go out until told to.
EarthquakeGet to an open area
  1. 1If you can get out quickly, go to an open area away from buildings.
  2. 2If you can’t, enter the protected space and leave the door open, or go to the stairwell and walk down.
  3. 3If that isn’t possible either, take cover under sturdy furniture or sit on the floor next to an inner wall.
  4. 4Outdoors, stay away from buildings, poles and power lines.
Tsunami threatMove away from the coast
  1. 1Immediately move away from the beach and the coast, inland or to high ground.
  2. 2If you can’t get away, go up to a high floor of a solid building.
  3. 3Don’t return to the coast until the authorities allow it.
Home Front Command noticeFollow official instructions
  1. 1Check the instructions in the Home Front Command app or website and follow them.

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