In Time of Emergency A Citizen's Handbook on Nuclear Attack, Natural Disasters (1968)

2. If this is not possible, obtain a good first aid manual, study it, and keep it at home; or study the emergency medical instructions given in this chapter, and keep this handb...

1. Learn the locations of the public fallout shelters that your local government wants you to go to in a time of attack. If no instructions of this kind have been issued, learn...

1. If there is no public fallout shelter near your home and you have decided _not_ to prepare a permanent or preplanned shelter in your basement or yard, make sure that you have...

--REMAIN WHERE YOU ARE. If you are outdoors, stay outdoors; if indoors, stay indoors. In earthquakes, most injuries occur as people are entering or leaving buildings (from falli...

2. If you intend to use a family fallout shelter at home, always keep on hand, in and around your home, all the supplies and equipment you would need for a shelter stay of two w...

2. You _may_ be able to protect yourself against blast and heat by getting inside a shelter or taking cover, before the nuclear explosions occur. You may be able to avoid fire i...

1. Read this chapter fully, and learn how you would have to manage your water, food and sanitation problems if you had to spend a week or two in a fallout shelter, especially a...

2. If the Attack Warning Signal sounds, go to a fallout shelter immediately (unless your local government has told you to do something else). After you are in shelter, listen to...

Perhaps the most basic thing to remember is to _keep calm_. This may mean the difference between life and death. In many disasters, people have been killed or injured needlessly...

* KEEP POSTED ON WEATHER CONDITIONS. Use your radio, television and newspapers to keep informed of current weather conditions and forecasts in your area. Even a few hours' warni...

In addition to the general guidance in Chapter 1 of this section, there are certain emergency actions particularly associated with major floods, hurricanes, and storm tides or s...

Fire, always a danger, could be even more of a disaster during a nuclear attack emergency when the fire department might not be available to help you. Also, the risk of fire wou...

From many studies, the Federal Government has determined that enough food and water would be available after an attack to sustain our surviving citizens. However, temporary food...

* _When a tornado watch (forecast) is announced_, this means that tornadoes are expected in or near your area. Keep your radio or television set tuned to a local station for inf...

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...

A nuclear attack against the United States would take a high toll of lives. But our losses would be much less if people were prepared to meet the emergency, knew what actions to...

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 ta...

Many of the actions recommended in Part I of this handbook to help you prepare for and live through a nuclear attack--such as learning the warning signals, stocking emergency su...

for those natural disasters that may occur in your area, and tell you the right actions to take if they occur. Chapter 1 (pages 71-74) gives general guidance applicable to vario...