Pittman, the federal government started the Community Fallout Shelter Program. in September 1961, under the direction of Steuart L. The NEAR civilian alarm device was engineered and tested but the program was not viable and was terminated in 1967. The National Emergency Alarm Repeater (NEAR) program was developed in the United States in 1956 during the Cold War to supplement the existing siren warning systems and radio broadcasts in the event of a nuclear attack. These buildings were placarded with the orange-yellow and black trefoil sign designed by United States Army Corps of Engineers director of administrative logistics support function Robert W.
Plans were made, however, to use existing buildings with sturdy below-ground-level basements as makeshift fallout shelters.
1963ĭuring the Cold War, many countries built fallout shelters for high-ranking government officials and crucial military facilities, such as Project Greek Island and the Cheyenne Mountain nuclear bunker in the United States and Canada's Emergency Government Headquarters. Department of Defense, Office of Civil Defense. Fallout shelter water storage can: a 66 liters ( 17 + 1⁄ 2 U.S. gal) barrel issued by the U.S.
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