Leśniakiewicz said access to these places will be mandatory for managers during wartime, while in peacetime and during alerts, access is based on social solidarity rather than being a legal obligation.
The signs will indicate that a location is a shelter point and that facility managers should make it available in an emergency.
More than 86,000 shelter points have been identified across the country in the gdziesieukryc.pl app. The points are intended for use in situations involving sudden threats, including severe weather and aerial attacks.
The locations include underground passages, tunnels, metro stations, underground garages and other places that could improve people's safety during an emergency.
Most are classified as having limited accessibility. They may be available at certain times or after contacting the manager, and current regulations do not legally require managers to make them available.
“We based the law on the assumption that it should foster awareness and a sense of mutual responsibility among citizens,” Leśniakiewicz said.
He said the shelter points would be marked with the civil defence symbol: a blue equilateral triangle on an orange background, accompanied by white lettering on a green background.
Dr hab. Paweł Szmitkowski, a professor at the Institute of Security Sciences at the University of Siedlce, said the app does not sufficiently specify what type of facility each point represents, such as a basement, garage or another type of location.
He suggested that regulations should also require facility managers to open shared areas such as common rooms, pram storage areas, laundries and drying rooms when an alert is issued.
The regulation concerning the marking of shelter points is currently in the final stage of interministerial consultations.
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Source: PAP