Pikud HaOref (Home Front Command) Guidelines

English-language emergency preparedness and shelter guidelines extracted from the Israeli Home Front Command (Pikud HaOref) National Emergency Portal.

Purpose

This repository provides a clean, structured collection of official Home Front Command guidelines optimized for ingestion into vector databases and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipelines. The intended use case is as ground truth for AI agents providing emergency preparedness and shelter guidance in Israel.

Source

All content was extracted from the official Home Front Command National Emergency Portal at oref.org.il/eng on March 20, 2026.

Structure

All guideline files live under guidelines/, organized by topic:

guidelines/
  manifest.json
  alerts-and-communication/
    do-not-share-info.md          — Fake news, rumors, official alert channels
    emergency-communication.md    — Emergency phone numbers and methods
    receiving-alerts-1.md         — Preliminary guidelines: what they are
    receiving-alerts-2.md         — Means of alert: app, portal, sirens, TV, radio
  defensive-policy/
    defensive-guidelines-1.md     — Policy levels, routine life during war, travel
    defensive-guidelines-2.md     — Education, gatherings, services during emergencies
  emergency-preparedness/
    emergency-equipment.md        — Essential and recommended equipment lists
    family-emergency-plan.md      — Family planning: talk, share, practice
    who-to-contact.md             — Emergency contact numbers and help centers
    why-prepare.md                — Why prepare: threats, planning, examples
  faq/
    faq-emergency-preparedness-1.md — Preparedness, role of HFC, home preparation
    faq-emergency-preparedness-2.md — Emergency training for adults
    faq-general.md                  — Behavior during rocket/missile attacks
    faq-hazardous-materials.md      — Hazardous materials events
    faq-rocket-missile-1.md         — Arrival time to protected space
    faq-rocket-missile-2.md         — Rocket/missile guidelines, vehicles, transport
  security-threats/
    hostile-aerial-vehicle-infiltration.md — Aerial vehicle alerts and guidelines
    security-threats.md                    — Security threat types overview
    terrorist-infiltration.md              — Terrorist infiltration guidelines
  shelter-and-home/
    preparing-home.md             — 7-step home preparation, Mamad maintenance
    protected-space-1.md          — Mamad maintenance and requirements
    protected-space-2.md          — Choosing a protected space, accessibility

See guidelines/manifest.json for structured metadata including source URLs, categories, word counts, and import dates.

Data Processing

• Extracted from HTML pages on the Home Front Command website
• Converted to clean Markdown
• Deduplicated (removed exact copies from multiple scrape dates)
• Near-duplicate files merged (unique Q&A sections combined)
• Boilerplate website chrome stripped (navigation, sidebar widgets, "Did you find this useful?" prompts)
• Multi-part pages from the same source URL retained as separate files when they contain distinct sequential content

Suggested Uses

MCP Server — Baked-In Knowledge Source

Package this repository as an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server to give AI assistants direct access to official Home Front Command guidelines. An MCP server built on this corpus can serve as a trusted knowledge source for any LLM-based agent, chatbot, or copilot that needs to answer questions about emergency preparedness, shelter procedures, and alert protocols in Israel — without requiring a full RAG pipeline.

Civilian Preparedness App

Combine this dataset with the Miklat MCP integration — which provides real-time Red Alert data — and device geolocation to build a civilian preparedness application. Such an app could:

• Provide nearest shelter location based on the user's GPS coordinates
• Deliver real-time alert notifications via the Mikla MCP feed
• Surface context-aware security advice drawn from these guidelines (e.g., what to do during a rocket attack, how to reach a protected space, hazardous materials response)
• Offer personalized guidance based on the user's region, threat type, and available shelter infrastructure

RAG Pipeline / Vector Database Ingestion

The primary intended use — ingest the Markdown files and manifest into a vector database (Pinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant, pgvector, etc.) to power retrieval-augmented generation for emergency preparedness Q&A systems.

Static Reference for AI Agents

Use as a grounding corpus for AI agents that need authoritative, structured emergency guidance without live API dependencies — useful for offline-capable or edge-deployed applications.

Disclaimer

This content is extracted from the official Home Front Command website for informational and AI ingestion purposes only. It may not reflect the most current guidelines. Always consult oref.org.il for the latest official information.

This repository is not affiliated with or endorsed by Pikud HaOref (Home Front Command) or the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The content is provided as-is, without warranty. In an actual emergency, follow instructions from official authorities.

License

The source material is published by the Israeli Home Front Command for public safety. This repository packages that content for AI system consumption. No claim of ownership is made over the original content.