Nuclear war survival skills

Nuclear War Survival Skills or NWSS by Cresson Kearny is a civil defense manual. It contains information learned from research performed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory during the Cold War.

The book is useful to the everyday person because it sought to provide creative solutions which motivated people with normal skills and household items could implement. Not only did his team devise solutions but they also tested them out with normal people and then adjusted their final recommendtation. It is also notable because the tone of this government publication is one of self reliance. The topics which are covered can also be applied to crisis of lesser magnitude. Some of the more famous items are the Kearny Fallout Meter and the Kearny Air Pump.

The topics covered include:
* Psychological and pre-crisis preparations
* Evacuation
* Shelter
* Ventilation and cooling
* Water
* Food
* Fire protection
* Fallout Meters
* Light
* Sanitation
* Medical issues and First Aid
* Permanent SheltersIt is in the public domain and is available for free online and in book form (ISBN 094248701X).

See Also

* Blast shelter
* Bug Out Bag
* Cresson Kearny
* Fallout shelter
* Kearny Fallout Meter
* Kearny Air Pump
* Potassium iodide

External Links

*An online version of NWSS
*Red Cross preparations recommendations