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Appendix D: Protected Space Decision Tree

When a Red Alert sounds, choose the highest-priority option you can reach.

Warning

WHEN TO LEAVE: Stay for 10 minutes OR until all-clear — whichever comes later. Siren duration = defense time. Border areas may have 15 seconds or less.

Priority List (choose the highest you can reach)

  1. PRIORITY 1: MAMAD (Apartment Protected Space)
  2. Close blast door (handle 90°)
  3. Close steel + glass windows
  4. Sit against inner wall

  5. WAIT FOR ALL-CLEAR

  6. PRIORITY 2: SHELTER (Building or Public Shelter)

  7. Enter building or public shelter
  8. Close the door

  9. WAIT FOR ALL-CLEAR

  10. PRIORITY 3: INNER STAIRWELL (No Windows)

  11. Centre floor — not top, not ground
  12. Stay on staircase, not hallway

  13. WAIT FOR ALL-CLEAR

  14. PRIORITY 4: INNER ROOM (Maximum Walls, Minimum Windows)

  15. Inner wall, below window line
  16. Not facing door. Close all doors

  17. WAIT FOR ALL-CLEAR

  18. PRIORITY 5: LAST RESORT (Nothing Else Available)

  19. Lie flat on the ground
  20. Protect head with hands
  21. WAIT FOR ALL-CLEAR

NOT valid shelter locations: Kitchen · Bathroom · Toilet · Building entrance lobby · Caravans / prefab · Areas with ceramics, porcelain, or glass

Stairwell positioning: 3+ floors: at least 2 floors above you. 3-storey building: middle floor only.