All You Need To Know From Home Front Command [Infos & Numbers]

2006-07-15

JPost.com Staff, The Jerusalem Post

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Home Front Commander Maj.-Gen. Yitzhak Gershon issued instructions to civilians for how they ought to defend themselves during the night and on Sunday:

Citizens living along the northern border should remain in bomb shelters and secured rooms.

Citizens living in Karmiel, Tiberias and north of the Acre-Amiad road should remain in secure areas, interior rooms, or lower floors and to refrain from going out to open areas.

Citizen of Haifa, Acre and the surrounding communities ought to remain in proximity of buildings. Upon hearing an explosion or a siren, those inside buildings must immediately enter secured or other interior rooms. Those remaining outdoors should enter a nearby building or stairwell, take shelter against a wall, or even lie on the ground.

Residents of Gush Dan should increase their awareness and await further instructions.

Residents of regions south of Haifa will hear a warning siren in the event that rockets are fired towards the central area. "When the siren is sounded you will have less than a minute to get into underground shelters and secure rooms," said Gershon. The Major-General urged the public to listen to the media for additional instructions, go to the Home Front Command's website or call its information center at 1207.

TV Channel 33 will broadcast the Home Front Command instructions every hour on the hour.

Emergency numbers:

• Home Front Command: 1207
• Haifa Municipality: 1212-466-106
• Rambam hospital: 1255-144
• Rambam fax #: 04-854-3420
• Bnei Zion hospital: 1255-145
• Bnei Zion fax numbers: 04-8359306
• Karmel Hospital: 1255-142

Source: IMRA – Independent Media Review and Analysis