One card per country: official doctrine, state of public shelters, emergency numbers, alert system — then our take.
🇧🇪Belgium
NO PUBLIC NETWORK ON RECORD
Official doctrine
« Se mettre à l'abri » (take shelter) = go into and stay in the nearest building (home, workplace, any building), from a few hours up to 24 hours at most; you evacuate only if the situation worsens — National Crisis Centre.
Public shelters
No public shelter network on record: the official doctrine (centredecrise.be, protect.be) mentions no public shelters; the bunkers are a historical legacy (Second World War, Cold War) inventoried as heritage, not operational.
No portal: the instruction is the nearest building. Local information: your municipality (communal emergency plan), centredecrise.be.
Emergencies & alerts
112 (general) · 101 police · 100 medical emergencies. Alert system: BE-Alert (sign up at be-alert.be).
Close doors and windows, switch off ventilation/AC, central room; leave children at school; 72-hour emergency kit (battery-powered radio, first-aid kit, water, charger) — « Prêts. Ensemble » (Ready. Together) campaign (NCCN).
Our take — iamin.digital (analysis, does not replace official guidance)
No public register: your "shelter list" is the one you build yourself — 2-3 improvised shelters scouted in advance along your daily routes. When the alert sounds, the nearest building beats your home: don't try to get back. Sign up for BE-Alert.
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Consulted on 27/10/2026
🇫🇷France
NO PUBLIC NETWORK ON RECORD
Official doctrine
72-hour individual preparedness + sheltering indoors (« se mettre à l'abri » — take shelter — in a building): official guide « Tous responsables » (Everyone responsible) (SGDSN / French government, 20/11/2025, ~30 pages) + Géorisques « Me préparer, me protéger » (Get prepared, get protected) for major risks. For a terrorist attack, the official instruction is « s'échapper, se cacher, alerter » (escape, hide, alert) (info.gouv.fr/risques).
Public shelters
No national public shelter network on record and no public list; official abandonment of the air-raid shelter concept. "Improvised" shelters (metro, basements): no official list ⚠ not verified.
No national portal: contact your town hall or prefecture (DICRIM); georisques.gouv.fr for local risks.
Emergencies & alerts
15 SAMU · 17 police · 18 fire brigade · 112 Europe · 114 deaf/hard-of-hearing (verified service-public.gouv.fr F33954). Alert system: FR-Alert — cell broadcast + geo-located SMS, no app or subscription (operational since 21/06/2022) ⚠ not directly verified (fr-alert.gouv.fr: TLS failure that day).
72-hour kit (6 L of water per person, canned food, torch, batteries, medicines, battery-powered radio); family safety plan (georisques.gouv.fr); Vigipirate: locate the exits, don't stay put without an instruction.
Our take — iamin.digital (analysis, does not replace official guidance)
The most precise benchmark figure in Europe: 6 L of water per person for the 72-hour kit, battery-powered radio, power bank, medicines. No public shelter list exists in France — scouting is individual, do it beforehand.
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Consulted on 27/10/2026
🇱🇺Luxembourg
NO PUBLIC NETWORK ON RECORD
Official doctrine
« Mise à l'abri » (sheltering) = temporarily going back home or to the nearest building; one of the 4 measures of the nuclear intervention plan (along with taking iodine, evacuation, food controls). Duration ≤ 48 h.
Public shelters
⚠ Not verified: no public shelter list found on infocrise.public.lu, geoportail.lu or 112.public.lu — the premise "Luxembourg keeps a public list" could not be confirmed. Doctrine = shelter in the nearest building; public « centres d'accueil » (reception centres) are for evacuation only.
No locating tool. Information: infocrise.public.lu + CGDIS (112.public.lu).
Emergencies & alerts
112 (CGDIS). Alert system: LU-Alert (national system).
Close doors/windows/shutters, switch off heating/ventilation/AC; lower rooms without windows; a vehicle = insufficient protection; guide « Mon Guide – 72H d'autonomie » (My guide — 72 hours of self-sufficiency), campaign « Bass du prett ? » (Are you ready?) (infocrise.public.lu).
Our take — iamin.digital (analysis, does not replace official guidance)
The grand-ducal doctrine covers up to 48 h of sheltering: plan for the full 72 hours of self-sufficiency (water, battery-powered radio, power bank, medicines). Pick the room according to the threat: central, windowless; gas heavier than air → upper floor; fallout → middle floors, never the roof.
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Consulted on 27/10/2026
🇩🇪Germany
RESIDUAL NETWORK NOT OPERATIONAL
Official doctrine
Public shelter network abandoned in 2007; decommissioning suspended by decree of 17.03.2022; BMI inventory (BImA + BBK) delivered at the end of May 2023: reactivation "possible in principle". On alert: get into the nearest interior room of a building (Innenraum) — BBK Ratgeber standard ⚠ verbatim not verifiable that day.
Public shelters
Residual network: 579 public shelters / ~478,000 places, « weder funktions- noch einsatzbereit » (neither functional nor operational); managed by BImA since 01.09.2020. « Sichere Orte » (safe places): no verifiable bbk.bund.de page ⚠ not verified.
No public portal. BImA hotline (Schutzbauwerke): +49 228 848 30400.
Emergencies & alerts
112. Alert systems: NINA app (BBK) + Cell Broadcast.
Official checklists (« Jede Vorbereitung ist wertvoll! » — every bit of preparation counts); Ratgeber « Vorsorgen für Krisen und Katastrophen » revised in November 2025.
Our take — iamin.digital (analysis, does not replace official guidance)
579 shelters declared "neither functional nor operational": on alert, rely only on the nearest interior building. Scout improvised shelters in advance; the alerting infrastructure itself (NINA + Cell Broadcast) is genuinely deployed.
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Consulted on 27/10/2026
🇳🇱Netherlands
NO PUBLIC NETWORK ON RECORD
Official doctrine
72-hour household self-reliance (« je jezelf thuis 72 uur kunt redden » — being able to look after yourself at home for 72 hours) + helping others; no public shelter doctrine (crisis.nl → nederlandveilig.nl, run with the NCTV).
Public shelters
No public shelter network mentioned (nederlandveilig.nl, denkvooruit.nl); the official model is sheltering at home.
No portal. Local information: your « veiligheidsregio » (safety region) (nederlandveilig.nl → jouw-veiligheidsregio).
Emergencies & alerts
112 · 0900-8844 police (non-urgent) · 0900-0904 fire brigade (non-urgent). Alert system: NL-Alert (mobile, public screens, transport displays).
« Noodpakket » (emergency kit) + « noodplan » (emergency plan) (denkvooruit.nl); 72 hours of self-reliance: water, electricity and internet can go down.
Our take — iamin.digital (analysis, does not replace official guidance)
The Netherlands made it official: everyone copes on their own for 72 hours at home, while helping others. Prepare the « noodpakket » and the « noodplan » — where to shelter, whom to warn — before the alert drops; 10 minutes of preparation beat a register that doesn't exist.
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Consulted on 27/10/2026
🇪🇸Spain
NO PUBLIC NETWORK ON RECORD
Official doctrine
Autoprotección (self-protection) + sheltering at home: « es conveniente permanecer confinado en el propio domicilio o en un lugar cerrado » (it is advisable to stay confined at home or in a closed place) (nuclear emergency, proteccioncivil.es); self-protection guides by risk.
Public shelters
No modern public shelter network on record. The existing refugios antiaéreos (air-raid shelters) (Alicante, Almería, Valencian Community) are civil-war heritage (museums), outside the use doctrine; the Red de Refugios Climáticos (climate shelter network, 180+ spaces) answers heat, not an attack.
No national portal: municipal Protección Civil (ayuntamiento); recommendations by risk on proteccioncivil.es/es/recomendaciones. Alertcops app: ⚠ not verified on an official source.
Emergencies & alerts
112 (single number, free, 24/7). Alert system: ES-ALERT — state cell broadcast active since 01/02/2023, free, no registration, full screen even on a locked phone, 2 levels (verified on public sources gencat/incibe); requires iOS ≥ 15.6 / Android ≥ 11.
While confined: close doors and windows, switch off ventilation, iodine only on health instruction; follow the radio and official media.
Our take — iamin.digital (analysis, does not replace official guidance)
No shelter on record for the attack threat: your personal scouting is the only "list" available. ES-ALERT reaches you without registration, full screen, even on a locked phone — an up-to-date OS (Android 11+, iOS 15.6+) is part of preparedness.
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Consulted on 27/10/2026
🇵🇹Portugal
NO PUBLIC NETWORK ON RECORD
Official doctrine
Autoproteção (self-protection): ANEPC « Proteção Civil Preventiva » (preventive civil protection) doctrine; public alerts via the national system (Decreto-Lei n.º 2/2019); dominated by fires and natural disasters.
Public shelters
No national public network on record. « Locais de abrigo » (shelter locations) are designated at municipal level in emergency plans (PMEPC) — e.g. Aldeia Segura programme: 1412 locais de abrigo (ANEPC page) — but no national list published, and these are not attack shelters.
Contact the câmara municipal (municipal council) (municipal emergency plan); prociv.gov.pt; earthquake campaign aterratreme.pt. Dedicated ANEPC app: ⚠ not verified.
Emergencies & alerts
112 (« Em caso de emergência, ligue 112 » — in an emergency call 112 — ANEPC; free 24/7, confirmed SNS/GNR). Alert system: AvisoPROCIV — free geo-referenced SMS, no sign-up, in Portuguese + English (verified, ANEPC Aviso page).
Earthquake: « BAIXAR, PROTEGER, AGUARDAR » (drop, protect, wait) (annual A Terra Treme campaign); « Sismos – Prepare-se e proteja-se » brochures (ANEPC Documentação); self-protection measures for buildings.
Our take — iamin.digital (analysis, does not replace official guidance)
Portugal publishes nothing for the attack threat: apply the 72-hour doctrine (6 L of water per person (72-hour kit), battery-powered radio, power bank, medicines) and scout your own improvised shelters. AvisoPROCIV reaches you by SMS without sign-up; for municipal « locais de abrigo », your câmara municipal is the channel.
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Consulted on 27/10/2026
🇷🇴Romania
ACTIVE NATIONAL REGISTER
Official doctrine
Active national register: the IGSU (MAI) publishes « Situația adăposturilor de protecție civilă » (civil protection shelter status) monthly (June 2026 edition published on 10/07/2026). Rehabilitation of building shelters: bill pl066/2026 amending art. 21 of Law 481/2004 (competence of the primării (town halls), local cost).
Public shelters
Yes: IGSU register + monthly PDF report; local management by the primării / county ISU. National figures in the PDF (not read that day). No public map portal.
Check igsu.ro/adaposturi-de-protectie-civila (monthly national PDF); locally: primărie (town hall) or county ISU; fiipregatit.ro (DSU project, « sursa oficială »). The private app "Adaposturi protectie civila": to be ruled out.
Emergencies & alerts
112. Alert systems: RO-Alert via Cell Broadcast (switch it on in phone settings, e.g. channel 916 on Digi) + DSU app. ro-alert.ro: HTTP 503 that day ⚠ not directly verified.
« Rucsac de urgență » (emergency backpack) (fiipregatit.ro guides).
Our take — iamin.digital (analysis, does not replace official guidance)
The only national register of the nine countries, but unmapped: download the month's IGSU PDF and locate the shelter near you BEFORE. Switch on RO-Alert in phone settings (e.g. channel 916 on Digi) and get the DSU app.
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Consulted on 27/10/2026
🇧🇬Bulgaria
RESIDUAL NETWORK — LIST NOT PUBLISHED
Official doctrine
Official instructions expected on the « Инструкции » (instructions) section of the ГД ПБЗН (MVR); the detailed signals page (including « Въздушна тревога » — air-raid alarm) did not load that day ⚠ detailed instructions not verified.
Public shelters
Residual network: ~247 usable shelters according to the ГД ПБЗН (press, March 2026); Sofia: 92 registered facilities, 10/24 districts without a suitable shelter (BNR 03/2022 quoting the ГД ПБЗН).
A list of скривалища (shelters) was published in March 2022 through the administration, but no verifiable municipal list on sofia.bg today; a national electronic register was announced in 03/2022 — activation never confirmed. The map of the 247 shelters is the work of an academic NGO (УАСО), NOT an official source. Sofia metro as a shelter: press only ⚠ not verified.
Emergencies & alerts
112. No verifiable official Bulgarian alert app equivalent to NINA/RO-Alert found.
No portal: contact your община (municipality) or the regional ОД ПБЗН; ГД ПБЗН page: mvr.bg/gdpbzn.
Our take — iamin.digital (analysis, does not replace official guidance)
List unfindable, map unofficial, no verifiable alert app: of the nine countries, Bulgaria is where scouting in advance pays off most. If in doubt, your община (municipality) is the only official channel.
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Consulted on 27/10/2026