Home Front Command successfully tests rocket-proof windows for hospitals

• Author: UDI SHAHAM
• Published date: 17 January 2021

This comes as a breakthrough as so far, shielded windows in secure spaces (Mamad) were usually small and located high up on the wall.

This new type of window is meant to start near the floor and provide the patient with an option to be exposed to the sun and to the outside world.

Col. Dudu Abada, Protection Division Head in the Home Front Command, told The Jerusalem Post that these tests are a product of a constant dialogue with the public and with different government branches, and are meant to think out of the box and to find solutions to unresolved protection issues.

"We call it health windows," he said. "The Health Ministry approached us and told us that they have a problem with those hospitalized and can't get out of bed. They said the windows in a safe room are too high and too small.

"For many of us it might sound like a minor problem, but these kinds of things could really impact one's physical and mental health.

"So we picked up this initiative, connected manufacturers and companies, and developed this window that is both wider and lower," he said.

This experiment is just a part of a series of test the Home Front Command connected last summer, and are meant to find protection solutions in areas which are still insufficient.

In 1991, the Knesset passed a law that required every new building - either private or public - to have a secure space within it.

Despite various initiatives to build such spaces in older buildings, Abada said that there are still protection gaps in some areas.

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