No abstract

No abstract

No abstract

Page i 1.1 The 628 tons of ANFO ready for detonation 1.2 View of the rising aushrooa cloud taken from an observation post 4.1 Plan and elevation of Small-Pole Shelter 4.2 Pictorial view of Saall-Pole Shelter 4.3 Nailing t~re-strip hinges to expedient blast door 4.4 Expedient b 1.-st door that can be closed and secured in 4 sec 4.5 Vertical cross section through an overlapping-flaps blast valve 4.6 Blast-protector logs around blast door 4.7 Saall-Pole Shelter after being tested with blast doors closed 4.8 Moveaent of upper part of Saall-Pole Shelter 4.9 "Puffed-up" part of the floor of Saall-Pole Shelter ... 4.10 Expedient bed-sheet haaaock, useful to avoid severe shock effects 5.1 Poles covering Russian Pole-Covered Trench Shelter .... 17 5.2 Russian Pole-Covered Trench Shelter in stable earth .... 5.3 Duanies being struck by air blast and curtains 20 5.4 Duaaies at 20-psi range after ground shock collapsed earth walls 20 5.5 Wrecked entry of Russian Pole-Covered Trench Shelter at 20 psi 21 5.6 Duaay knocked off bench in Russian Pole-Covered Trench Shelter 6.1 Coaparison of Russian way and Chinese way of positioning poles 23 6.2 Hewing square sides on a log 6.3 Expedient triangular blast door made of pine poles .... 6.4 View of the saae triangular blast door 6.5 Broken pole of triangular door seat 6.6 Posttest condition of expedient triangular blast door 6.7

This aanual is designed to assist local civil defense organiza tions prepare plans consistent with the changing strategic conditions of the seventies. The Defense Civil Preparedness Agency is aoving into a new program of "all-hazards, all-contingencies" planning which will involve developing a crisis-oriented evacuation capability. This capability will increase the survivability of the population in the event of a. nuclear attack and will be a counter agrinst certain "nuclear blackmail" threats. Planning for t>e development of shelter capabilities for either an "in-place" or evacuated posture will re quire an ability to rapidly build large numbet3 of new expedient skelters in addition to upgrading existing f&llout shelters. {Ex pedient shelters are shelters which can be built under crisis con ditions, within 48 hours using only locally available materials, equipment, and labor.)Detailed step-by-step instructions and pictorial design draw ings of fifteen expedient shelters are included in the Appendices. The instructions and drawings for any of these shelters can be pre printed by local CD. organizations for rapid dissemination in a crisis. The shelter designs are simple enough that thev can be built by ordinary Americans, even ones who have had no previous building experience and who have no guidance other than these draw ings in! instructions. Many of the designs have been proof-tested (i.e., built under simulated crisis conditions by unskilled urban or rural people with no prior preparation other than reading these instructions for building one of these shelters). Designs and in structions for building Kearny A>.r Pumps (KAI-'s) and an expedient, quick-closing blast door are also included in the Appendices.It is recommended that all of these shelters, especially the designs that have not yet been built by average citizens, be proof-tested under simulated crisis conditions by ordinary civilians and that the experiences so gained be used to refine and improve the designs and instructions. It is recommended that all of these shelters, especially the designs that have not yet been bu.Ut by average citizens, be proof-tested under simulated crisis conditions by ordinary civilians and that the experiences so gained be used to refine and improve the designs and Instructions.