Public shelters in Egypt: is there a list?

Short answer. Egypt publishes no public shelter list, count or locator. The Civil Defence Law of 1959, in the text reproduced by a private legal site, aims to protect citizens from air raids in war and public disasters in peace ¹, but Phaenyx found no current official page on public shelters (المخابئ العامة). The Ministry of Interior lists Civil Protection only by its number, 180 ².

Are there public bomb shelters in Egypt?

Phaenyx found no official information on them. According to the text of Law No. 148 of 1959 on civil defence as reproduced by the private legal site Lawyer Egypt (Phaenyx found no official copy online; the purpose is stated in a 1982 parliamentary committee report printed with an amending law), the law gives the civil defence service of the Ministry of Interior the task of protecting citizens and property from air raids in war and public disasters in peace ¹. Neither the Ministry of Interior's public pages ² nor the Cabinet's crisis and disaster risk reduction sector publishes a shelter list, a number of places or opening rules.

How do I find a shelter near me?

There is no official locator. In an emergency, follow the instructions of the police and Civil Protection, reached on 122 and 180 ². The general rule used by civil-protection agencies is to get inside a solid building and away from windows: see Shelter or evacuate? and Sheltering in place from a chemical release.

What can I prepare at home instead?

• Choose a room with few windows in the middle of the building, on a lower floor.
• Keep water, food, a radio and a torch there: see What goes in a 72-hour kit? and Emergency radio.
• For a nuclear explosion or fallout, the general rules are in Nuclear explosion: what to do and The 7-10 rule for fallout.

These are general guides from foreign and international agencies, not Egyptian official advice.

Frequently asked questions

Does Egypt have a shelter for every resident?

No official figure or rule says so; Egypt publishes no shelter count.

Who is responsible for shelters in Egypt?

Civil defence is a service of the Ministry of Interior under Law No. 148 of 1959 (text as reproduced by a private legal site) ¹, reached through Civil Protection on 180 ².

Can I build my own shelter?

Phaenyx found no Egyptian rule on private shelters. See Build a shelter in Egypt.

Preparedness index: Egypt ranks 67th of 67, 9/100 · full ranking