In Time of Emergency

In Time of Emergency

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Title: In Time Of Emergency A Citizen's Handbook On Nuclear Attack,
Natural Disasters (1968)
Author: Department of Defense
Release Date: February 24, 2005 [EBook #15158]
Language: English
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in time of EMERGENCY
a citizen's handbook on
... NUCLEAR ATTACK ... NATURAL DISASTERS

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE
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THIS HANDBOOK IS THE PROPERTY OF:
Name_____________________________________________
Address__________________________________________
LOCATION OF DESIGNATED FALLOUT SHELTER, OR
SHELTER NEAREST TO:
Home_____________________________________________
School___________________________________________
Workplace________________________________________
EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBERS:[1]
Ambulance________________________________________
Civil Defense____________________________________
Doctors__________________________________________
__________________________________________
Fire_____________________________________________
Health Department________________________________
Hospitals________________________________________
________________________________________
Police___________________________________________
Red Cross________________________________________

Utility Companies________________________________
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Weather Bureau___________________________________
Other____________________________________________
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IN TIME OF EMERGENCY
A CITIZEN'S HANDBOOK ON --NUCLEAR ATTACK
--NATURAL DISASTERS
The Office of Civil Defense gratefully acknowledges the assistance
provided by representatives of the following agencies and organizations
in the preparation of material for this handbook:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Commerce; Environmental Science Services
Administration; Weather Bureau
U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; Public Health
Service
Office of Emergency Planning, Executive Office of the President
American Medical Association; Committee on Disaster Medical Care
American National Red Cross
National Geographic Society
National Association of State Civil Defense Directors

United States Civil Defense Council
The Office of Civil Defense, however, is solely responsible for the
validity and accuracy of the information in the handbook.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction

PART I: NUCLEAR ATTACK

Chapter 1
--Checklist of Emergency Actions
Chapter 2
---Understand the Hazards of Nuclear Attack
Chapter 3
--Know About Warning
Chapter 4
--Fallout Shelters, Public and Private
Chapter 5
--Improvising Fallout Protection

Chapter 6
--Supplies for Fallout Shelters
Chapter 7
--Water, Food, and Sanitation in a Shelter
Chapter 8
--Fire Hazards
Chapter 9
--Emergency Care of the Sick and Injured

PART II: MAJOR NATURAL DISASTERS

Chapter 1
--General Guidance
Chapter 2
--Floods and Hurricanes
Chapter 3
--Tornadoes
Chapter 4

--Winter Storms
Chapter 5
--Earthquakes
Index
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INTRODUCTION
A major emergency affecting a large number of people may occur
anytime and anywhere.
It may be a peacetime disaster such as a flood, tornado, fire, hurricane,
blizzard or earthquake. It could be an enemy nuclear attack on the
United States.
In any type of general disaster, lives can be saved if people are
prepared for the emergency, and know what actions to take when it
occurs.
With the aid of Federal and State governments, cities and counties in
all parts of the country are developing their local civil defense
systems--the fallout shelters, supporting equipment and emergency
plans needed to reduce the loss of life from an enemy attack.
While these local government systems have been set up mainly as
safeguards against nuclear attack, they have saved lives and relieved
suffering in many major peacetime disasters. People have been warned
of impending storms and similar dangers, told how to protect
themselves, sheltered from the elements, fed and clothed, treated for
injury and illness, and given help in resuming their normal lives.
Experience has shown that as cities, counties and towns develop their
systems to preserve life under nuclear attack conditions, they also
become better prepared to deal effectively with peacetime disasters.

In cooperation with the U.S. Office of Civil Defense and the States,
many local governments are improving their civil defense systems by
preparing community shelter plans. These plans include instructions to
local citizens on what to do in the event of nuclear attack.
This handbook, "In Time of Emergency," contains basic general
information on both nuclear attack and major natural disasters. This
general guidance supplements the specific instructions issued by local
governments. Since special conditions may exist in some communities,
the local instructions may be slightly different from this general
guidance. In those cases, the local instructions should be followed.

Part I (pages 3-68) is concerned with nuclear
attack and basic actions
to take.

Part II (pages 69-86) discusses preparations
and emergency actions that
will help individuals cope with major natural disasters--floods,
hurricanes, tornadoes, winter storms, and earthquakes.
In addition to following the advice given in this handbook and the
instructions of their local governments, people can prepare themselves
better to meet any major disaster by taking training courses to develop
their "emergency skills." Especially recommended are these courses: