Personal survival supplies in community fallout shelters in a nuclear emergency situation
✍ Scribed by John A. Hammes; Thomas R. Ahearn; Mary P. Beussee
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1970
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 198 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9762
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✦ Synopsis
has conducted twelve simulated community fallout shelter occu ancy tests, involving men, women, two weeks. The last seven tests involved large groups of participants, varying in number from 160-1,0oO persons (Experimental Studies VI-XII, hereafter referred
In the earlier studies, ES I-V, the shelter environment was quite austere. Space provision varied from 6 sq. ft./person (ES IV, the children's study) to 8 sq. ft./person (ES I, 11, 111, and V). Water allotment was limited to approximately 1.5 qt./person/day. Consumption of the standard public shelter rations was restricted to less than 900 calories/person/day. Shelterees slept on a floor covered with 3/&inch corrugated fiberboard as a sleeping surface and were without water for bathing, bunks, blankets, coffee, and recreational supplies. Chemical commodes were substituted for flush toilet facilities.
In an experimental assessment of survival items people might bring to shelters, *"his research way carried out iuider Coiitraet No. U e C 2#-6%C-0114, Olfiw of Civil Defetw, J)epartmeiit of Defense, awarded to the I'liiversity of Georgm.