DETERMINATION OF SHELTER CONFIGURATION FOR VENTILATION

Abstract

In Phase 1 of the National Fallout Shelter Survey (NFSS), all buildings in the United States, except single family dwellings, thought to have a protection factor (PF) of 20 or more and space to shelter 50 or more people were surveyed. Based on the results of the Phase 1 survey, contractors subsequently in Phase 2 of the NFSS evaluated designated facilities to determine the feasibility and cost of: (1) increasing shielding to provide a prescribed minimum protection factor; (2) improving habitability to meet minimum specifications; and (3) increasing shelter capacity. Shelters deemed acceptable also were marked with fallout shelter signs in Phase 2. Approximately 73 million shelter spaces had been marked by April, 1965.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 09, 1965
Accession Number
AD0629928

Entities

People

  • Edward L. Hill
  • J. George Caldwell
  • William K. Grogan

Organizations

  • RTI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Civil Defense
  • Contractors
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Fallout Shelters
  • Ground Level
  • North Carolina
  • Nuclear Fallout
  • Operations Research
  • Shelters
  • Shielding
  • Statistical Samples
  • Surveys
  • United States
  • Ventilation

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Software Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space