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Fallout Shelter Design Collection (2nd Edition)

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206 pages, with many illustrations, in a 8½ x 11 inch format.
ISBN: 1-886848-32-7 {Item No.32} Price 25.00
Edited by Bruce A.Hanesalo


Fallout Shelter Design Collection (2nd Edition) has been completely revised. It now contains most of the fallout shelters designs published by U.S. Office of Civil defense and FEMA over the past forty years, both an historic resource and working plans.


CONTENTS
PART ONE. OFFICE OF CIVIL AND DEFENSE MOBILIZATION SHELTERS
1. MP-15  The Family Fallout Shelter (June 1959)
2. MP-18  Clay Masonry Family Fallout Shelters (February 1960)
3. MP-21  Family Fallout Shelters of Wood (December 1961)
PART TWO. OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE SHELTERS
1. H-7    Family Shelter Designs (January 1962)
PART THREE. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY SHELTERS
1. H-12   Fallout Protection For Homes with Basements (July 1966)
2. H-12-A Modified ceiling shelter—basement location plan a (April 1980)
3. H-12-B Modified ceiling shelter—basement location plan b (March 1966)
4. H-12-C Concrete block shelter—basement location plan c (March 1966)
5. H-12-D Snack bar—basement location plan d (April 1980)
6. H-12-E Tilt-up storage unit shelter—basement location plan e (April 1980)
7. H-12-F Lean-to shelter—basement location plan f  (April 1980)
8. H-12-1 Belowground Home Fallout Shelter (November 1983)
9. H-12-2 Aboveground Home Fallout Shelter (November 1983)
10.H-12-3 Home Blast Shelter (November 1983)
PART FOUR. EXPEDIENT FALLOUT SHELTERS
1. Above-ground Door-Covered Shelter (June 1985)
2. Door-Covered Trench Shelter (June 1985)
3. Log-Covered Trench Shelter (June 1985)
4. Car-Over-Trench Shelter (June 1985)
5. Tilt-Up Doors and Earth Shelter (June 1985)
6. Above-Ground Ridge-Pole Shelter (August 1978)
7. Crib-Walled Shelter-Above Ground (August 1978)
APPENDIX
Air Ventilation Pump and Emergency Lamp (August 1978) 
What Fallout Shelters are Not Designed For 
What Fallout Shelter Designs are Often Missing
Bibliography
Index

Note:
1.  This book is companion book to Advanced Protective Shelter Design (which explains detailed bunker design).
2.  If you are interested in designs concerned with protection against conventional weapons see: Bunker Design (which is concerned with designing cut and cover type bunkers) and it's companion books Artificial Cave Shelters (with is involved with tunneled bunker designs) and Bunker Design Collection (which is a collection of historical bunker design examples).
3.  We now have three Supplements to this book: Shelter Design Supplement, Shelter Living Supplement and Basic Fallout Shelter Survey. Shelter Design Supplement contains 17 additional shelter designs. Shelter Living Supplement adds information on stocking a shelter, emergency medical instructions, and radiation monitoring basics. Basic Fallout Shelter Survey has detailed instructions on evaluating urban and rural struction for radiation shielding.

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