with the benefits from recovery-planning and rehabili- 

 tation activities which can be effectively conducted from 

 these centers during or after the emergency. 



Some companies have stored "disaster checks" in the 

 emergency reporting centers for use by employees who 

 report to these centers following an attack. The checks 

 could be used to reimburse workers for work done, or 

 provide aid until the plant can resume operations. 



When the reporting centers are designated and pre- 

 pared for emergency operation, the company's emer- 



gency information and training program should edu- 

 cate employees on the importance of the centers to their 

 welfare. Instruct workers how to reach designated cen- 

 ters or alternates, depending upon post-attack condi- 

 tions. 



Such centers will contribute to community survival 

 and rehabilitation plans as well as to employee welfare. 

 If prof>erly coordinated with community plans and mu- 

 tual aid associations, they will serve as rallying points 

 for available manpower in the community. 



PROTECTING VITAL RECORDS 



One of the critical factors in the continuity of plant 

 management and o{>erations will be the establishment 

 of plans and mechanics for protecting vital documents 

 such as records of ownership, lists of stockholders, fi- 

 nances, operating procedures, key processes, sources of 

 prime raw materials and personnel. In view of modern 

 industrial complexities, the ability of most companies 

 to rebound from a nuclear attack would be severely 

 handicapfjed if the documentary foundation for all ac- 

 tivities were lost. 



TTie principal contributing factors to prudent records 

 protection are alert, trained office personnel, and dis- 

 persal of duplicate records in vaults or similar well- 

 protected areas. Office personnel should be thoroughly 



trained in the steps which the company's civil defense 

 organization has designed for records protection. 



Because so many records are needed in day-to-day 

 operations, duplicate critical records may be stored in 

 safe locations far removed from the main office. The 

 size of the records, the volume to be duplicated, the 

 intervals at which duplication is required, and the cost 

 will all determine how each food plant will want to 

 duplicate its records. It should be kept in mind that 

 storage space in emergency locations may become a 

 problem, consequently the duplicated records should 

 be maintained in the most compact form possible. Mi- 

 crofilm is the preferable process for large volumes of 

 material because it requires the least space. For ex- 

 ample, some 5,000 sheets of letter-size paper can be 

 duplicated on a pocket-sized roll of film. The micro- 

 filmed replicas of the documents are also desirable be- 

 cause they have legal value. 



Dispersal of the records through storage in one 

 isolated or several widely separated locations is a sim- 

 ple, yet effective, technique which is practiced by many 

 companies. The records might be kept in branch of- 

 fices, out-of-town banks, or even the homes of em- 

 ployees. 



A high degree of safety also may be obtained by 

 storing the records in vaults, or in safes on the premises. 

 Vault storage furnishes adequate protection in most in- 

 stances, except in an area of total destruction. 



Companies which do not have their own record stor- 

 age facilities should consider renting suitable space 

 from record storage companies. 



REDUCING VULNERADILITY OF FOOD FACILITIES 



Efforts to reduce the vulnerability of a food plant 

 to attack must be preceded by a careful, informed 

 assessment of that vulnerability. Such assessment 

 should take into account the threat posed by nuclear 

 weajwns to the company's facilities and personnel, plus 

 any sf)ecific company processes or characteristics which 



might create additional hazards, such as explosion 



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or fire. 



When the vulnerability has been assessed, comj>any 

 officials should determine w^hat can be done about re- 

 ducing it. Specific hazards need to be weighed in 

 relation to the cost of removing them, and their impor- 



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