Author: Cresson H. Kearny
Publisher: Loose Cannon
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Simple shelters—that you can build quick Research was undertaken to evaluate how average citizens could create their own shelters in the case of a political crisis that could lead to a nuclear attack. It was known that at this time in the mid-1970s, after Civil Defense planning and spending had waned since the 1950’s-60’s, that both the Soviet Union and China had more preparations for their citizens in major urban areas. This book was created under the auspices of the U.S. ERDA, an agency created in 1974 when the Atomic Energy Commission was split into the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the ERDA. This practical field research study became the original basis for Cresson Kearny’s more extensive book “Nuclear War Survival Skills”. What makes this report interesting and different is the wealth of extra info and photos that were NOT included in the book mentioned above. Simple shelters that can be built in 1 to 3 days and are outlined in this book are: - The Need for Improved Expedient Shelters - Door-Covered Trench Shelter - Stress test of Door-Covered Trench Shelter - Log-covered Trench Shelter - Occupancy test of Log-Covered Shelter - Above-Ground Door-Covered Shelter - Car-Over Trench Shelter - Large Log-Covered Trench Shelter - Overall conclusions and recommendations From the Introduction: "This report strongly indicates the practicality of tens of millions of Americans evacuating into rural areas and building and occupying high-protection-factor expedient shelters during an escalating international crisis. This concept was successfully tested by untrained families who built expedient shelters during winter in Colorado, summer in Utah, and spring in Florida. Their efforts are presented in this report primarily by the captioned photographs showing these typical American families evacuating their homes, driving to rural shelter-building sites, and then, with hand tools, constructing their own shelters. These average, mostly urban, American families were guided only by step-by-step, well-illustrated, written instructions given to them at the start of each experiment. Crisis conditions were simulated, and adequate motivation was provided by the promise of a cash bonus for completion of the shelter within 36 or 48 hours, depending on the difficulty of construction. All families, or groups of families, succeeded in winning the bonus, with one exception. The shelters built by the test families included the Door-Covered Trench Shelter, the Log-Covered Trench Shelter (which the building family occupied for 77 hours without emerging), and the Car-Over-Trench Shelter. Also, families are pictured while building four above-ground shelters designed for high-water-table or shallow-soil areas: the Above-Ground Door-Covered Shelter, the Crib-Walled Shelter, the Ridge-Pole Shelter, and the A-Frame Pole Shelter. These four above-ground shelters have protection factors (PF) in the range of 250 to 500. " Keywords: Civil defense,shelter,nuclear war,fallout,survival,improvised,radioactivity
Expedient Shelter Construction
Author: Cresson H. Kearny
Publisher: Loose Cannon
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Simple shelters—that you can build quick Research was undertaken to evaluate how average citizens could create their own shelters in the case of a political crisis that could lead to a nuclear attack. It was known that at this time in the mid-1970s, after Civil Defense planning and spending had waned since the 1950’s-60’s, that both the Soviet Union and China had more preparations for their citizens in major urban areas. This book was created under the auspices of the U.S. ERDA, an agency created in 1974 when the Atomic Energy Commission was split into the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the ERDA. This practical field research study became the original basis for Cresson Kearny’s more extensive book “Nuclear War Survival Skills”. What makes this report interesting and different is the wealth of extra info and photos that were NOT included in the book mentioned above. Simple shelters that can be built in 1 to 3 days and are outlined in this book are: - The Need for Improved Expedient Shelters - Door-Covered Trench Shelter - Stress test of Door-Covered Trench Shelter - Log-covered Trench Shelter - Occupancy test of Log-Covered Shelter - Above-Ground Door-Covered Shelter - Car-Over Trench Shelter - Large Log-Covered Trench Shelter - Overall conclusions and recommendations From the Introduction: "This report strongly indicates the practicality of tens of millions of Americans evacuating into rural areas and building and occupying high-protection-factor expedient shelters during an escalating international crisis. This concept was successfully tested by untrained families who built expedient shelters during winter in Colorado, summer in Utah, and spring in Florida. Their efforts are presented in this report primarily by the captioned photographs showing these typical American families evacuating their homes, driving to rural shelter-building sites, and then, with hand tools, constructing their own shelters. These average, mostly urban, American families were guided only by step-by-step, well-illustrated, written instructions given to them at the start of each experiment. Crisis conditions were simulated, and adequate motivation was provided by the promise of a cash bonus for completion of the shelter within 36 or 48 hours, depending on the difficulty of construction. All families, or groups of families, succeeded in winning the bonus, with one exception. The shelters built by the test families included the Door-Covered Trench Shelter, the Log-Covered Trench Shelter (which the building family occupied for 77 hours without emerging), and the Car-Over-Trench Shelter. Also, families are pictured while building four above-ground shelters designed for high-water-table or shallow-soil areas: the Above-Ground Door-Covered Shelter, the Crib-Walled Shelter, the Ridge-Pole Shelter, and the A-Frame Pole Shelter. These four above-ground shelters have protection factors (PF) in the range of 250 to 500. " Keywords: Civil defense,shelter,nuclear war,fallout,survival,improvised,radioactivity
Publisher: Loose Cannon
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Simple shelters—that you can build quick Research was undertaken to evaluate how average citizens could create their own shelters in the case of a political crisis that could lead to a nuclear attack. It was known that at this time in the mid-1970s, after Civil Defense planning and spending had waned since the 1950’s-60’s, that both the Soviet Union and China had more preparations for their citizens in major urban areas. This book was created under the auspices of the U.S. ERDA, an agency created in 1974 when the Atomic Energy Commission was split into the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the ERDA. This practical field research study became the original basis for Cresson Kearny’s more extensive book “Nuclear War Survival Skills”. What makes this report interesting and different is the wealth of extra info and photos that were NOT included in the book mentioned above. Simple shelters that can be built in 1 to 3 days and are outlined in this book are: - The Need for Improved Expedient Shelters - Door-Covered Trench Shelter - Stress test of Door-Covered Trench Shelter - Log-covered Trench Shelter - Occupancy test of Log-Covered Shelter - Above-Ground Door-Covered Shelter - Car-Over Trench Shelter - Large Log-Covered Trench Shelter - Overall conclusions and recommendations From the Introduction: "This report strongly indicates the practicality of tens of millions of Americans evacuating into rural areas and building and occupying high-protection-factor expedient shelters during an escalating international crisis. This concept was successfully tested by untrained families who built expedient shelters during winter in Colorado, summer in Utah, and spring in Florida. Their efforts are presented in this report primarily by the captioned photographs showing these typical American families evacuating their homes, driving to rural shelter-building sites, and then, with hand tools, constructing their own shelters. These average, mostly urban, American families were guided only by step-by-step, well-illustrated, written instructions given to them at the start of each experiment. Crisis conditions were simulated, and adequate motivation was provided by the promise of a cash bonus for completion of the shelter within 36 or 48 hours, depending on the difficulty of construction. All families, or groups of families, succeeded in winning the bonus, with one exception. The shelters built by the test families included the Door-Covered Trench Shelter, the Log-Covered Trench Shelter (which the building family occupied for 77 hours without emerging), and the Car-Over-Trench Shelter. Also, families are pictured while building four above-ground shelters designed for high-water-table or shallow-soil areas: the Above-Ground Door-Covered Shelter, the Crib-Walled Shelter, the Ridge-Pole Shelter, and the A-Frame Pole Shelter. These four above-ground shelters have protection factors (PF) in the range of 250 to 500. " Keywords: Civil defense,shelter,nuclear war,fallout,survival,improvised,radioactivity
The Planning and Development of Expedient Shelter Facilities
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
The planning and construction of expedient fallout radiation shelters for Navy shore-based installations are presented in detail in this report. The document contains expedient shelter planning and design criteria, recommended construction procedures, and expedient shelter solutions. The shelter solutions are first developed conceptually, then detailed plans are presented for six representative alternatives.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
The planning and construction of expedient fallout radiation shelters for Navy shore-based installations are presented in detail in this report. The document contains expedient shelter planning and design criteria, recommended construction procedures, and expedient shelter solutions. The shelter solutions are first developed conceptually, then detailed plans are presented for six representative alternatives.
Blast Tests of Expedient Shelters in the Dice Throw Event
Author: Cresson H. Kearny
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear bomb shelters
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear bomb shelters
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Nuclear War Survival Skills
Author: Cresson H. Kearny
Publisher: Skyhorse
ISBN: 1510702059
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A field-tested guide to surviving a nuclear attack, written by a revered civil defense expert. This edition of Cresson H. Kearny’s iconic Nuclear War Survival Skills (originally published in 1979), updated by Kearny himself in 1987 and again in 2001, offers expert advice for ensuring your family’s safety should the worst come to pass. Chock-full of practical instructions and preventative measures, Nuclear War Survival Skills is based on years of meticulous scientific research conducted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Featuring a new introduction by ex-Navy SEAL Don Mann, this book also includes: instructions for six different fallout shelters, myths and facts about the dangers of nuclear weapons, tips for maintaining an adequate food and water supply, a foreword by “the father of the hydrogen bomb,” physicist Dr. Edward Teller, and an “About the Author” note by Eugene P. Wigner, physicist and Nobel Laureate. Written at a time when global tensions were at their peak, Nuclear War Survival Skills remains relevant in the dangerous age in which we now live.
Publisher: Skyhorse
ISBN: 1510702059
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A field-tested guide to surviving a nuclear attack, written by a revered civil defense expert. This edition of Cresson H. Kearny’s iconic Nuclear War Survival Skills (originally published in 1979), updated by Kearny himself in 1987 and again in 2001, offers expert advice for ensuring your family’s safety should the worst come to pass. Chock-full of practical instructions and preventative measures, Nuclear War Survival Skills is based on years of meticulous scientific research conducted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Featuring a new introduction by ex-Navy SEAL Don Mann, this book also includes: instructions for six different fallout shelters, myths and facts about the dangers of nuclear weapons, tips for maintaining an adequate food and water supply, a foreword by “the father of the hydrogen bomb,” physicist Dr. Edward Teller, and an “About the Author” note by Eugene P. Wigner, physicist and Nobel Laureate. Written at a time when global tensions were at their peak, Nuclear War Survival Skills remains relevant in the dangerous age in which we now live.
Expedient Shelters Survey
Author: George A. Cristy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fallout shelters
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fallout shelters
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Shelter Systems Officer Reference Manual
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Assistance in emergencies
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Assistance in emergencies
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Shelter Plans Anthology 1
Author: Guy Montag
Publisher: Loose Cannon
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
A curated collection of the best shelter designs Since the dawn of the Cold War in the 1950's people have sought ways to protect themselves from the specter of global thermonuclear war. Both the private sector and the U.S. government responded with plans for home bomb/fallout shelters. We have reviewed them all and selected the best of the best that still meet the needs of citizens in the 21st Century. With war in Europe again a 'new reality', the need for shelters is not such an old-fashioned idea anymore. Volume One focuses on shielding principles and the classic FEMA shelters, first envisioned in the 1960's, shown here in the updated 1980s-era versions. These nine different designs encompass three basic types; basement retrofit, above-ground, and stand-alone underground. Each design includes plan drawings, material lists (with 2022 costs in USD), and basic construction details. FEMA Shelter designs in this volume include: — Modified Ceiling Shelter, Basement "A" — — Modified Ceiling Shelter, Basement "B" — Concrete Block Shelter, Basement "C" — Snack Bar Shelter, Basement "D" — Tilt up Storage Unit, Basement "E" — Lean-To Shelter, Basement "F" — Outside Concrete Shelter — Aboveground Home Shelter — Home Shelter Masonry Block Future volumes will present more shelter types, including Canadian civil defense designs, and farm-specific ones that even include livestock protection shelters. ALSO: See our other book on fallout shelters, "Expedient Shelter Construction".
Publisher: Loose Cannon
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
A curated collection of the best shelter designs Since the dawn of the Cold War in the 1950's people have sought ways to protect themselves from the specter of global thermonuclear war. Both the private sector and the U.S. government responded with plans for home bomb/fallout shelters. We have reviewed them all and selected the best of the best that still meet the needs of citizens in the 21st Century. With war in Europe again a 'new reality', the need for shelters is not such an old-fashioned idea anymore. Volume One focuses on shielding principles and the classic FEMA shelters, first envisioned in the 1960's, shown here in the updated 1980s-era versions. These nine different designs encompass three basic types; basement retrofit, above-ground, and stand-alone underground. Each design includes plan drawings, material lists (with 2022 costs in USD), and basic construction details. FEMA Shelter designs in this volume include: — Modified Ceiling Shelter, Basement "A" — — Modified Ceiling Shelter, Basement "B" — Concrete Block Shelter, Basement "C" — Snack Bar Shelter, Basement "D" — Tilt up Storage Unit, Basement "E" — Lean-To Shelter, Basement "F" — Outside Concrete Shelter — Aboveground Home Shelter — Home Shelter Masonry Block Future volumes will present more shelter types, including Canadian civil defense designs, and farm-specific ones that even include livestock protection shelters. ALSO: See our other book on fallout shelters, "Expedient Shelter Construction".
Civil Defense Review
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Investigations. Civil Defense Panel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil defense
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil defense
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Civil Defense Review
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Investigations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil defense
Languages : en
Pages : 1148
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil defense
Languages : en
Pages : 1148
Book Description
How to Build an Igloo: And Other Snow Shelters
Author: Norbert E. Yankielun
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393732150
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
Features a step-by-step guide to constructing snow structures, including igloos, slab shelters, drift caves, and spruce traps, and provides information about cold-weather clothing and camping.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393732150
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
Features a step-by-step guide to constructing snow structures, including igloos, slab shelters, drift caves, and spruce traps, and provides information about cold-weather clothing and camping.