Produced by Kevin Handy, John Hagerson, and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. 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