Industrial and business leaders should take the ini- 

 tiative in protecting their most productive asset — their 

 employees. Building owners and food plant managers 

 should cooperate with Government in the National 

 Shelter Survey, Marking and Stocking Program by 

 allowing all buildings to be surveyed, and their shield- 

 ing capacity (protection factor) assessed by architects 

 and engineers who are working under contract with 

 the Army Corps of Engineers or the Navy Bureau of 

 Yards and Docks. This information is necessary so 

 the Federal Government may know how much adequate 

 fallout protection there is throughout the country and 

 determine how much more is needed. 



Food plant managers should enter into agreement to 

 allow use as public shelter of space in food facilities 

 which meets Federal protection criteria and is needed, 

 by signing the "Fallout Shelter License or Privilege" 

 form. 



Shelters in buildings which cannot be opened to the 

 public in time of emergency cannot be stocked at Fed- 

 eral expense. In this case, equip and stock shelters for 

 employees with basic essentials — food, water, medical 

 and first aid supplies, and radiation, sanitation, venti- 

 lation, air-filtering, firefighting. emergency power and 

 communications equipment. 



Buildings that do not offer adequate fallout protec- 

 tion may be improved by modification or by additional 

 construction to bring them up to the minimum stand- 

 ards. Include fallout shelters in the designs and 

 specifications for all new plants and structures. 



In some cases, specially constructed shelters may 

 need to be provided at appropriate locations in the 

 plant for employees who must perform shutdown pro- 

 cedures requiring several hours or days duration. 



A directory of architects and engineers qualified in 

 fallout shelter analysis is available to anyone requiring 

 technical assistance in achieving the recommended pro- 

 tection factor for additional construction in existing 

 buildings or in designing shelters in new plants. 



Strenuous effort should be made to provide adequate 

 fallout protection for all employees on the premises of 

 each plant. If this is not possible, additional shelter 

 spaces may be found in nearby buildings or facilities. 



Make arrangements for using such spaces with local 

 civil defense officials. 



Industry can assist local government authorities in 

 marking and stocking public fallout shelters. The 

 finding, marking and stocking of public fallout shelters 

 is a tremendous nationwide logistical undertaking, 

 placing a severe burden o'n local government authori- 

 ties. Business and industrial firms can be of great 

 assistance by obtaining shelter signs from local govern- 

 ment and installing such signs in their plants in ac- 

 cordance with specifications provided by the Army 

 Corps of Engineers or the Navy Bureau of Yards and 

 Docks. 



Local governments are responsible for moving shelter 

 supplies from Federal warehouses to public shelters. 

 Business and industrial firms can assist local govern- 

 ment in accelerating the movement of these supplies 

 by picking up shelter supplies at Federal warehouses 

 and transporting and placing them in their own plant 

 shelters. In some cities, this has been accomplished 

 by volunteer services of the trucking industry or by 

 use of transportation provided by a variety of business 

 and industrial firms. 



Llrge employees to arrange shelter for themselves 

 and their families by preparing home shelters or by 

 assuring that they and their families have predeter- 

 mined access to community shelters. This is especially 

 important if the attack should come at night or on 

 holidays when they are not at the workplace. Provide 

 them with guidance and assistance on how to establish 

 group shelters in their residential areas and in their 

 homes. Be sure to coordinate your efforts with those 

 of local governments. 



In addition to having a place to go, employees must 

 know how to live in a shelter, and what to expect and 

 to do when it is possible to leave shelter. In coopera- 

 tion with local civil defense officials, food companies 

 should educate employees in these aspects of survival. 

 In addition, inform employees about the community 

 civil defense program so they will know what to do and 

 be ready to help should an attack occur either while at 

 work or at home. 



MOVEMENT OF EMPLOYEES TO SHELTERS 



While fallout shelters are the most practical and 

 effective way to save lives in a nuclear attack, their 

 value will be contingent upon the emergency organiza- 

 tion's ability to get employees into them in the time 

 available. The problem may be a simple one in a 

 small food plant, but it quickly becomes complex as 



the size of the operation increases. 



Under any circumstances, a plant's civil defense pro- 

 gram must include a detailed plan for the movement 

 of all employees quickly and safely into assigned shel- 

 ter areas. Effective operation of the movement plan 

 should be the responsibility of the plant manager. 



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