POPULATION IN SHELTER: A METHOD FOR MEASURING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF RADIO WARNING

Abstract

This report contains charts, worksheets, and instructions which permit a user to compute the fraction of the national population which will be able to reach fallout shelters within specified times. The computation of fraction of population in shelter may be performed for warnins systems made up of combinations of radio warning, indoor alerting, siren alerting, and no- alerting modes. Fraction in shelter may be determined for the posture of existing shelter spaces as well as for a full fallout shelter posture. Examples of the computation are presented, as well as examples of application of fraction in shelter as a measure of effectiveness. An appendix describes the mathematical basis of the computation and the sources of data which went into the preparation of the charts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0478479

Entities

People

  • Albert E. Moon

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automobiles
  • California
  • Civil Defense
  • Communities
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Demography
  • Detection
  • Emergencies
  • Fallout Shelters
  • Mathematical Models
  • Models
  • Probability
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Travel Time
  • United States
  • Urban Areas
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.

Technology Areas

  • Space