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The commission was organized in 1961, originally with nine members. The commission reviewed and coordinated all disaster plans for the County of Los Angeles, cities within the county, special districts, and public authorities that were required to submit plans to the State of California, under the provisions of the State Disaster Act and the California Disaster Office.
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The first completed shelter, located in Indiana, [5] was built during the Cold War to withstand a near direct hit from a 20-megaton nuclear bomb. [6] With accommodations for 80 people, the Indiana complex has a few spots left due to member relocations and family changes.
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A seven-story cavern between the tunnels contained shelter infrastructure including a command post, an emergency hospital, a radio studio, a telephone centre, prison cells and ventilation machines. [1] The shelter was designed to withstand the blast from a 1 megaton nuclear explosion 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) away. The blast doors at the tunnel ...
Nuclear fallout is residual radioactive ... a secure fallout shelter as described above is the most optimal form of radiation protection, it requires being locked in ...
STORY: This is Robert Schwienbacher and he's taking us on a tour of a fallout shelter here in Cologne, Germany - designed to protect over 2,300 people from a nuclear war.It's decommissioned. It's ...
Expert advice published in the 2010 document Planning Guidance for Response to a Nuclear Detonation is to shelter in place, in an area away from building fires, for at least 1 to 2 hours following a nuclear detonation and fallout arriving, [44] and the greatest benefit, assuming personnel are in a building with a high protection factor, is ...