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What evac.lt does

A map, what-to-do guides, preparedness checklists and a library in one app. Download once, and it all works without internet.

Map

The map has every shelter, collective protection building, evacuation point and siren published by PAGD. Each layer can be switched on or off.

Tap a place to see what it is, how many people it holds, whether it’s accessible and how to get there. A shelter is for short stays when an air raid is announced. A collective protection building is for longer stays. An evacuation point is where people gather to be taken away in an organised evacuation.

If you’re somewhere the sirens can’t be heard, the app will tell you.

Shelters and essential places in central Vilnius

Search and essential places

Search for an address, street, town or shelter. Or type “pharmacy”, “hospital” or “water” to see the nearest ones.

Hospitals, pharmacies, defibrillators, drinking water, springs, fuel stations, police, fire stations and border crossings come from OpenStreetMap. Zoomed in, they show as small markers. Switch them on in Layers to see them from further out.

The nearest pharmacies with distances

Navigation

The app works out walking and driving routes by itself, without internet, and guides you by voice. If you go off the route, it recalculates.

Maps with navigation are available for Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland. Each country is a separate download.

If the road is blocked, “Show direction” gives you an arrow to the destination and the distance to it.

Walking navigation: “Turn left”

Help

Short advice on what to do in an air raid, when sheltering or evacuating, for first aid, without power or heating, or when water runs short. Also on staying in touch, safety in wartime, stress and children.

It’s based on LT72.lt, PAGD, the Ministry of National Defence booklet “Prepare to survive emergencies and war”, and guidance from the Health Emergency Situations Centre and the European Resuscitation Council.

Here you’ll also find what each siren signal means, your coordinates to read out to 112, and the frequency of the nearest LRT RADIJAS transmitter.

The “Air raid” guide: what to do when you hear the siren

Emergency card

Blood type, allergies, medication, conditions, family contacts and a meeting place. Kept only on your phone, encrypted.

Radio

In a crisis, official information goes out on LRT RADIJAS. The app shows which frequency to tune to.

Siren signals

What “Attention everyone”, air raid, chemical and radiation hazard signals mean, and what to do.

Checklists

Four lists to help you prepare ahead: an evacuation bag for 72 hours, home supplies, what to do before leaving home, and a family plan for when the phones don’t work.

Tick off what you have and the app shows what’s left.

The “Evacuation bag” checklist

Library

Download whatever is useful to you:

  • official publications on how to prepare and what to do in a crisis or war;
  • the MDWiki medical encyclopedia of conditions, injuries and drugs;
  • Lithuanian Wikipedia;
  • US Army survival, land navigation and first-aid manuals, Hesperian’s “Where There Is No Doctor” and more;
  • a travel guide with phrasebooks, and collections on appropriate technology and off-grid energy.

Search looks through everything at once, in Lithuanian and English. The key first-aid articles (bleeding, burns, fractures, shock) are one tap away.

The medical article “Tourniquet” in the library

Packs

Maps and library collections are separate packs. You can see how much space each one takes and how much is left on your phone. The full list is on the data page.

Updates download only what changed and tell you what’s new. Every pack is signed, so the app checks it’s genuine before installing it.

The pack list with storage used and updates

Sharing without internet

Only one person needs to download the big packs. Others can get them straight from that phone, even when the internet is down.

  1. Share

    On the pack’s page, tap “Share” and choose AirDrop, a file or another way.

  2. Receive

    The recipient opens the file with evac.lt, or chooses “Settings → Receive a pack from a file”.

  3. Safe

    The app only installs genuine evac.lt packs.

Also

Five languages

Lithuanian, English, Ukrainian, Russian and Polish. You choose the language when you first open the app, and can change it later in settings.

iPhone and iPad

On a tablet the map is bigger and place details appear beside it. An Android version will follow.

Your data stays on your phone

Your location, checklists and emergency card are never sent anywhere. See the privacy policy.