﻿TEMPLATE: Request for information on shelters and safe places in your municipality
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How to use this template:
  - Replace the placeholders in square brackets: [Name], [Address], [Gemeinde] (your
    municipality / town / council), [District].
  - Send it by e-mail or letter to your local council or municipality
    (usually the department for emergency planning, civil protection or public order).
  - If your country has a freedom-of-information or transparency law, mention it, e.g.:
      United Kingdom: Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Scotland: FOI (Scotland) Act 2002);
                      requests can also be made via https://www.whatdotheyknow.com
      Ireland:        Freedom of Information Act 2014
      United States:  your state's public records law (FOIA applies to federal agencies)
      Canada:         your province's access-to-information law
                      (federal institutions: Access to Information Act)
      Germany:        Informationsfreiheitsgesetz (IFG) of the federal state or the Bund;
                      free requests via https://fragdenstaat.de
    If there is no such law, simply leave out the "Legal basis" line - you can still ask.


REQUEST - to the municipality / council of [Gemeinde]
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Subject: Request for information on public shelters and safe places in [Gemeinde]
Legal basis: [freedom-of-information / transparency law, if any]

Dear Sir or Madam,

I would be grateful if you could provide the following information:

1. Which public shelters (civil defence facilities, multi-purpose facilities, bunkers)
   currently exist in [Gemeinde] and are designated for civil protection?
   Please include address, type of facility, number of places and condition.
2. Which other locations are planned or registered as possible safe places
   (e.g. underground car parks, underground stations, basements of public buildings)?
3. How will residents be informed about these places and how to reach them in an emergency?

If addresses cannot be disclosed for security reasons, please provide instead
the number of facilities per district and type.

Yours faithfully,
[Name]
[Address]

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Tip: Enter the answer in the emergency folder (field "Public shelter").
