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Where to go...
What to do... WARNING
TO TAKE SHELTER

• IF A VERY BRILLIANT FLASH OR SHOCK OCCURS

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and you are not
If indoors, drop

and stay on the

in a shelter, act as follows:

to the floor; get under a bed, desk, or.

floor out of line of flying glass, shielding face

heavy table;
and
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head. If outdoors, quickly gel behind a tree, into a ditch, or other The ATTACK WARNING SIGNAL is a 3-to-S minute wavering tone on
protection. Then go immediately to the best shelter you can reach sirens, or it may be given to you by radio or television. The ATTACK
within one hour. If you cannot reach a public shelter or your home WARNING SIGNAL shall mean that an actual attack against the country has
basement, choose any substantial building for protection. been detected and that protective action should be taken immediately .

YOU MUST USE IF

YOUR HOME FOR A SHELTER
Study the following on how to improvise shelter

HOW TO IMPROVISE HOME SHELTER SUPPLIES v IMPROVISED FALLOUT

SHELTER AT HOME PROTECTION

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IN A HOME
home, you can add additional protection
to that which already exists. Although
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this might be possible at the time you paper
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receive warning to take shelter, a certain BASEMENT SHELTER
amount of pre-planning is necessary if
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satisfactory results are to be expected.
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NOW IS THE TIME TO DECIDE WHAT YOU
WILL DO AND HOW YOU WILL DO IT. SANITATION & MEDICAL SUPPLIES

WHAT TO 00 NOW S Cups

(1) Study the sketches and decide which

is applicable to your situation and select a
shelter location.

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{2) Take note of available shielding ma-
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Other things could also be used as shield- F00D& EATING UTENSILS & BEDDING
ing material, or to support shielding ma- SELECT THE CORNER OF YOUR BASEMENT WHERE
terial, such as: THE GROUND LEVEL OUTSIDE IS HIGHEST. THIS IS
• House door* that hove boon taken off their THE SAFEST PLACE IN THE BASEMENT.
hinges { ospocially heavy outside doors). ill Extra Batteries Place boxes or drawers en lop of a sturdy table or
Bottle and
• Dressers and
chests (ospocially H the drawers workbench and fill with heavy material, such
as
nipples
are filled with sand or earth). RADIO
dirt or sand. If the sides of tho basement away
• Tables and bookcases. from tho shelter area have more than two foot of
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• Large appliances (such as washers, dryers, TV ^JjJ
placed around the open sides of tho table. Bo very
and hi-fi sets).
careful not to overload the table to tho point of
• Trunks, bases and cartons (H filled with earth, INFANT CARE & SUPPLIES collapse.
sand or other heavy material)
• Books, magazine*, and stacks of firewood or
lumber.
• Flagstones from outside walks and patios. GROUND FLOOR SHELTER
(3) If no shielding materials are presently
available, obtain and store some in a
convenient location.

(4) Take note of non perishable foods nor-

mally kept in the home. If these are not Hose Crowbar Fla»hlight and Battertee
sufficient to maintain your family for two
weeks, increase the supply. TOOLS & OTHER ITEMS

IMPORTANT REMINDER
Public Shelter only for those people who do not have a
home basement or cannot reach home within 30 minutes
after warning to take shelter.
There are commercial buildings not in this listing
that
afford excellent shelter and are for the use Place boxes or drawers on top
of the oc- and around the
cupants only. This information is available from the sides of a sturdy table or workbench and AM them
building owner or local Civil Defense Director. with heavy materials. Often a makeshift table
can bo made by using doors supported by cabinet*
or other pieces of furniture.