CiProShel - Civil Protection Shelter

Development of universal security areas and instructions for professional planning and execution in order to withstand extraordinary impacts in the all-risk approach

In the CiProShel research project, buildings are examined with regard to the all-hazards approach and new conceptual approaches for safety rooms are developed and recommendations for their planning and construction are drawn up in order to increase the self-help of the population. The conceptual approaches and recommendations for action in the form of so-called structural principles (BTGs) are developed for privately used buildings (residential buildings and workplaces) as well as for critical infrastructure facilities. This is about:

• New buildings: new shelters
• Existing buildings: upgrading of rooms (hardening)
• Existing buildings: Installation of new shelters in existing premises.

Safety rooms in public buildings are intended to serve as a place of refuge for both those in the building and those in the vicinity.

The safety rooms are designed for multiple hazards (all hazards approach). According to the KZV (2016), the focus is on the effects of "warlike" events. The all-hazards approach provides for natural hazards and accidents to be taken into account, especially when there are synergies; e.g. explosion and earthquake.

Funded by: Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (undesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe ) (BBK)

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DLF - Forschung aktuell am 11.04.2022 (external link)