£-32* ?s^o . a : C7 3/ UM ASS/ AMHERST nfin- Cure 3150bb 0S77 7M13 S Ml' JUN S1988 University of m A DRAFT COMMUIITY SHELTER PLAIS CIVIL DEFENSE INFORMATION IN TIME OF INTERNATION AL TENSION OR CRISIS During a period of growing international tension, all normal methods of communication-such as newspapers, radio and television will be used to get civil defense information to the people. Visitors should make arrangements to return home if an attack seems probable. If you are warned of a nuclear attack, go to a public fallout shelter or to your home basement immediately, tune your battery powered radio \o a local station ESSEX COUNTY and listen for additional information and instructions. Stay in shelter until you are advised by local government officials that it is SUFFOLK COUNTY safe to come out. MIDDLESEX COUNTY Your local Civil Defense Director and other local public officials, under the guidance of State and Federal Civil Defense Agencies, have been working for some time to develop the best plan for survival in the event of Nuclear Attack using presently available resources. The basements of many homes in this area, because of the substantial type of construction, will provide a degree of protection against radioactive fallout, with those persons not able to take shelter at home being provided space in public shelter. - The Community Shelter Plan is Option I of the Nuclear Civil Protec tion Program for Massachusetts and would be implemented if insufficient time was available for evacuating people from areas that would be subject to direct blast damage. Option II of the Nuclear Civil Protection Program provides instruc- tions on the relocation of people from the blast risk areas to the safer prepared, host areas and is known as the Crisis Relocation Plan , now being You will be advised as to which part of the program to follow based on the international situation. The role of the Civil Defense Agency is the coordination of all re- sources of the Commonwealth to avert, combat, and minimize the effects of disaster, natural, man-made, or war caused. This plan is. designed to increase your ability to survive the effects of a nuclear attack. SAVE THESE PLANS^THEY MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE I ) . Where to go... to do... WARNING What TO TAKE SHELTER *4 • IF A VERY BRILLIANT FLASH OR SHOCK OCCURS and you are not in a shelter, act as follows: If indoors, drop to the floor; get under a bed, desk, or. heavy table; #4 and stay on the floor out of line of flying glass, shielding face and head. If outdoors, quickly gel behind a tree, into a ditch, or other The ATTACK WARNING SIGNAL is a 3-to-S minute wavering tone on protection. Then go immediately to the best shelter you can reach sirens, or it may be given to you by radio or television. The ATTACK within one hour. If you cannot reach a public shelter or your home WARNING SIGNAL shall mean that an actual attack against the country has basement, choose been detected and any substantial building for protection. that protective action should be taken immediately . IF YOU MUST USE YOUR HOME FOR A SHELTER Study the following on how to improvise shelter HOW TO IMPROVISE HOME SHELTER SUPPLIES v IMPROVISED FALLOUT SHELTER AT HOME PROTECTION Plastic If you are required to shelter take at baas ^fcSoap home, you can add additional protection IN A HOME to that which already exists. Although a i i First aid Toilet this Disinfectant Garbage might be possible at the time you kit paper can Newspapers receive warning to take shelter, a certain BASEMENT SHELTER amount of pre-planning is necessary if Emergency Paper towels satisfactory results are to be expected. Waste Sanitary napkins toilet Storage NOW IS THE TIME TO DECIDE WHAT YOU SANITATION MEDICAL WILL DO AND HOW YOU WILL DO IT. & SUPPLIES WHAT TO 00 NOW S Cups (1) Study the sketches and decide which is applicable to your situation and select a shelter location. Jj|BJt/ BotUe opener {2) Take note of available shielding ma- ' Sewing jSBfl Can j kit terials such as bricks, concrete blocks, ^B^H opener ^^^P^ Blanket'; sand or loose earth Pocket which could be moved V . Napkins WATER NsSBOT faille quickly. CL0THIN6 Other things could also be used as shield- F00D& EATING UTENSILS & BEDDING ing material, or to support shielding ma- SELECT THE CORNER OF YOUR BASEMENT WHERE terial, such as: THE GROUND LEVEL OUTSIDE IS HIGHEST. THIS IS THE • House door* that hove boon taken off their SAFEST PLACE IN THE BASEMENT. hinges { ospocially heavy outside doors). ill Extra Batteries Place boxes or drawers en lop of a sturdy table Bottle and or • Dressers workbench and fill with material, and chests (ospocially H the drawers nipples heavy such as are filled with sand or earth). RADIO dirt or sand. If the sides of tho basement away • Tables and bookcases. from tho shelter area have more than two foot of Milk outside wad exposure, materials should also • Large appliances (such as washers, dryers, TV ^JjJ bo placed around the open sides of tho table. and hi-fi sets). Bo very careful INFANT CARE SUPPLIES not to overload the table to tho point of • Trunks, bases and cartons (H filled with earth, & collapse. sand or other heavy material) • Books, magazine*, and stacks of firewood or lumber. • Flagstones from outside walks and patios. GROUND FLOOR SHELTER (3) If no shielding materials are presently available, obtain and store some in a convenient location. (4) Take note of non perishable foods nor- mally kept in the home. If these Hose are not Crowbar Fla»hlight and Battertee sufficient to maintain your family for two weeks, increase the supply. TOOLS & OTHER ITEMS IMPORTANT REMINDER Public Shelter only for those people who do not have a home basement or cannot reach home within 30 minutes after warning to take shelter. There are commercial buildings not in this listing that afford excellent shelter and are for the use of the oc- Place boxes or drawers on top and around the cupants only. This information is available from the sides of a sturdy table or workbench and AM them building owner or local Civil Defense Director. with heavy materials. Often a makeshift table can bo made by using doors supported by cabinet* or other pieces of furniture. •. ESSEX COUNTY PUBLIC SHELTER INSTRUCTIONS 1. Follow instructions listed below. 2. Not all public shelters are stocked, so take whatever food and water you can carry as well as medicines. 3. Public shelter only for those people without home basements. IF YOU ARE IN: AMESBURY - Go to the Bailey Co. Plant, Water St. or Amesbury Hospital, Morrill Place or Post Office, Main St. or Central Fire Station, School St. or St. Joseph's School, Sparhawk St. ANDOVER - See Map. BEVERLY - See Map. BOXFORD - Go to the Masconomet High School, Endicott Rd. DANVERS - See Map. ESSEX - Go to the Essex Elementary School, Story St. GEORGETOWN - Go to the Perley Elementary School, North St. GLOUCESTER - See Map. GROVE LAND - Go to Bradford Jr. College, Route 125, Haverhill , via Salem St. HAMILTON - Go to the Gordon-Crcnwell Theological Seminary, Bridge St. HAVERHILL - See Map. IPSWICH - See Map. LAWRENCE - See Map LYNN - See Map. LYNNFIELD - Go to our Lady of Assumption School, Summer St. MANCHESTER - Go to the Manchester Memorial School, Lincoln St. or Go to the Post Office, Beech St. MARBLEHEAD - See Map. MERRIMAC - Go to the Elementary School, Union St. or The Little Larkin Block, East Main St. METHUEN - See Map MIDDLETON - Go to the Danvers State Hospital, Route 1, Danvers . NAHANT - Go to the Harrington School, 21 Dexter St., Lynn . (See Lynn Map) NEWBURYPORT - See Map- NEWBURY - If you are East of Route 1, go to St. Paul's Episcopal Church, High St., Newburyport , (Off Route 1). - If you are West of Route I, go to Gov. Dummer Academy, Elm St. NORTH ANDOVER - See Map. PEABODY - See Map. ROCKPORT - If you are North of Main St. (Rte. 127) go to the Pigeon Cove School, Story St. If you are South of Main St. (Rte. 127) go to the High School or Elementary School on Jerdens Lane. ROWLEY - Go to Gov. Dummer Academy, Elm St., Newbury . SALEM - See Map, SALISBURY - Go to the Spaulding Memorial School, Maple St. SAUGUS - See Map. SWAMPSCOTT - See Map. TOPSFIELD - Go to the Civil Defense Training Academy, Bradley Palmer State Park. WENHAM - Go to the Christ Church, Asbury St., Hamilton (off Route 1A) WEST NEWBURY - Go to the John C. Page School, Main St. or the American Legion Hall, Main St. PUBUCATON OF THE DOCUMENT APPROVED BY ALFREDC. HOLLAND. STATE PURCHASING AGENT. 5MIJ7IIJ06M EST COST PER COPY 1 40 ANDOVER AREA SHELTER St. Francis Seminary, River Rd. West Elementary School, Beacon St. Greater Lawrence Vocational School, River Rd. Andover High School, Shawsheen St. Phillips Academy, South Main St. Post Office, 71 Main St. Central Elementary Schocl, Bartlett St. Abbot Academy, Abbot St. Pike Elementary School. Sanborn School, Lovejoy Rd. HOW TO USE THIS MAP LEGEND 1. Public Shelter only for those people who cannot use Home Basement for shelter. A Shelter Service Area 2. Identify Your Shelter Area by letter. Shelter Location Building listed below for your area. Q 3. Take Shelter in any 4. Not all Public Shelters are Stocked so take what food and water that you can canv as well as medicines. BEVERLY AREA SHELTER A NIKI Site, Beverly Airport- B Memorial Jr. High School, 502 Cabot St. < United Shoe, 191 Elliot St. C Beverly High School, Colon St. D Ebinger Hall (E.J.C.), 305 Hale St.