FALLOUT SHELTERS
Storm/Fallout Shelter. You know you need a storm shelter. A tornado can stike anywhere, and sooner or later a tornado will hit your community. You can build a tornado shelter under your house or in your back yard. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) does not have tornado shelter plans for you, but they do have FEMA fallout shelter plans from the 60s that will protect you from tornados.
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Fallout from all Nuclear Tests.
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Why not make your tornado shelter a fallout shelter too? The question is not IF, but WHEN terrorists will set off a nuclear device in the USA or in the Middle East. The fallout from a nuclear explosion or accident in the USA will reach you in minutes, hours or days, depending on your distance from the incident. The fallout from nuclear weapons in the Middle East will reach the USA in seven days.
Fallout Shelter Plans. It is hard to find good fallout shelter plans. There are links to sites that discuss fallout shelter plans in the left column. The basic difference between a tornado shelter and a fallout shelter is the 30 inches of dirt over a fallout shelter, and the U shaped air inlet and outlet that makes the air go up before it enters the shelter. Most fallout is heavy dust that will not go up the curved 6 inch air intake pipe, especially if it has a dust filter on it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Fallout Shelter Plans:
Home Shelter [Adobe PDF, 646KB]
1980 pamphlet shows the design of an underground shelter offering protection against radioactive fallout, nuclear blast, and tornados.
Aboveground Home Shelter [Adobe PDF, 819KB]
This 1980 pamphlet shows the design of an aboveground shelter offering protection against radioactive fallout, nuclear blast, and tornados.
Basement Home Fallout Shelter -- modified ceiling [Adobe PDF, 537KB]
This 1980 pamphlet shows the design of a basement shelter offering protection against radioactive fallout.
Basement Home Fallout Shelter -- concrete block [Adobe PDF, 226KB]
This 1980 pamphlet shows the design of a basement shelter offering protection against radioactive fallout.
Basement Home Fallout Shelter -- tilt-up storage unit [Adobe PDF, 326KB]
This 1980 pamphlet shows the design of a basement shelter offering protection against radioactive fallout.
Basement Home Fallout Shelter -- modified ceiling [Adobe PDF, 288KB]
This 1980 pamphlet shows the design of a basement shelter offering protection against radioactive fallout.
A Homemade Fallout Meter: The KFM (Kearny Fallout Meter)
[Adobe PDF, 1.19MB]
This booklet shows make and use a Kearny Fallout Meter from simple materials around the home. It is automatically calibrated by the geometry of its components.
Community Shelters. The Office of Civil Defense was abolished by President Clinton. The Civil Defense medical and food supplies in Civil Defense shelters were given away or destroyed. There is no Civil Defense program in the USA today. However, the President, and members of Congress, all have well built and well stocked Fallout Shelters ready for them. Did you ever wonder why the President and members of Congress think they need fallout shelters ready at a moment's notice, and you don't?
You need to build and stock your own Fallout Shelter to survive the fallout from nuclear explosions or accidents in the USA or the Middle East. If you never need it to save your life from nuclear fallout you can be thankful. In the mean time, the shelter may save your life from a Tornado, the supplies may carry you through hard times, and you will have peace of mind.
1950 Fallout Shelter
Basement Shelter Stocked For 14 Days
$3,000 Underground Shelter
$1,000 Minature Underground Shelter
Permanent Family Fallout Shelter for Dual Use
Permanent Family Fallout Shelter for Dual Use
Small Pole Expedient Blast Shelter
Expedient Blast Door
Expedient Blast Shelter Shoring
Expedient Fallout Shelter
Expedient Fallout Shelter Entrance
Start of Expedient Fallout Shelter
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