H-14 March 1968

in time of
EMERGENCY

a citizen's handbook on

... NUCLEAR ATTACK
... NATURAL DISASTERS


DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE

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________________________________

                                  ________________________________

Weather Bureau___________________________________

Other____________________________________________

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.

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

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