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

H-14 March 1968 in time of EMERGENCY a citizen's handbook on ... NUCLEAR ATTACK ... NATURAL DISASTERS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE

a citizen's handbook on --NUCLEAR ATTACK --NATURAL DISASTERS
The Office of Civil Defense gratefully acknowledges the assistance provided by representatives of the following agencies and organizations in the preparation of material for this handbook:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Department of Commerce; Environmental Science Services Administration; Weather Bureau U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; Public Health Service Office of Emergency Planning, Executive Office of the President American Medical Association; Committee on Disaster Medical Care American National Red Cross National Geographic Society National Association of State Civil Defense Directors United States Civil Defense Council
The Office of Civil Defense, however, is solely responsible for the validity and accuracy of the information in the handbook.


A major emergency affecting a large number of people may occur anytime and anywhere.
It may be a peacetime disaster such as a flood, tornado, fire, hurricane, blizzard or earthquake. It could be an enemy nuclear attack on the United States.
In any type of general disaster, lives can be saved if people are prepared for the emergency, and know what actions to take when it occurs.
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 equipment and emergency plans needed to reduce the loss of life from an enemy attack.