Get Shelter

Emergency Bomb Shelter Locator for Israel

איתור מקלטים בזמן אמת בישראל

Our Mission

When a siren goes off, every second counts. Get Shelter helps people in Israel find the nearest bomb shelter instantly — whether you're a resident, a tourist, or a new immigrant unfamiliar with your surroundings.

The app uses your GPS location to show the closest shelters on a map, with estimated travel times by foot, running, bike, and scooter. One tap opens navigation in Google Maps, Apple Maps, or Waze.

How It Works

1Open the app

Your location is detected automatically

2See nearest shelters

Ranked by distance with travel times

3Tap to navigate

Opens your preferred maps app

4Get to safety

Follow directions to the nearest shelter

Data Sources

Get Shelter aggregates data from 10 verified open sources across Israel. Our database currently contains 2,939 shelter locations.

Government Sources

Jerusalem Municipality/עיריית ירושלים

Open data portal, June 2025 update

Jerusalem Municipality (DataCity)/עיריית ירושלים

DataCity open data platform

Beer Sheva Municipality/עיריית באר שבע

Official dataset on Israel's national open data portal (data.gov.il)

Haifa Municipality/עיריית חיפה

Open data portal - protection locations

Haifa Municipality (PDF)/עיריית חיפה

Official published list of public shelters with accessibility info

NGO Sources

Data for Good Israel/דאטה לטובה

Nationwide shelter map by Arthur Krigel & Jeremy Atia

Bimkom / Negev Research Lab/במקום / מעבדת הנגב

Built shelters in the Negev, sourced from Bimkom NGO field surveys

Community Sources

OpenStreetMap/אופן סטריט מאפ

Bomb shelters mapped by the OSM community across Israel

TLV Shelters Community Map/מפת מקלטי תל אביב

Community-contributed map of Tel Aviv shelters

Open Source

Jerusalem Public Shelters (GitHub)/מקלטי ירושלים

Aggregated from ODbL-licensed municipal sources by Daniel Rosehill

Emergency Numbers / מספרי חירום

Privacy & Trust

  • No personal data collected — ever
  • No cookies, no tracking, no analytics
  • Location data stays on your device
  • 100% free, no ads, no premium features
  • Open data from verified sources

Support the Project

Get Shelter is a free community project. If you'd like to help keep it running, consider making a donation. Every contribution goes directly toward hosting costs, data verification, and development.

Contact

Have questions, found incorrect data, or want to help?

Email: donate@getshelter.app

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