Be sure to look about you now for Shelter areas inside and out of public buil~ings. Become as familiar with their whereabouts as you are with the shelter in your own home or apartment house.
PROVISIOH & EQUIP SHEL TER AREA PRIVATE HOMES:
First Aid Kit.
Food for 48 hours. Canned is best, since canned food will not
be affected by radioactivity. Choose foods high in calories, for
energy and nourishment. Also, remember you may have to eat
them without heating, so choose foods packed in liquid that
could be eaten from the can.
Food might include: Fruit juices, soups, spaghetti, vegetables,
chocolate, cube sugar, non-fat dry milk powder, vitamin pills.
And a can opener.
Portable battery radio. You will depend on this for receiving in足
structions from OCD.
Flashlights.
Drinking water: One gallon per person in closed jugs.
Disinfectant.
Sterile scissors. Boil them and wrap them in gauze and seal
them in a bag. Large roll of absorbent cotton. Old sheets, towels. Soft blankets. Special medicines required by invalids. Extra pair eye glasses, false teeth. Sanitary napkins. DDT Baby equipment, if necessary. F ire-fighting equipment: 5-gallon tank and stirrup pump.
Pails of water and sand.
ShoveI, axe, crow bar.
Chemical extinguisher.
Household broom.
APARTMENT DWELLERS:
Put in an emergency carton or bag to pick up quickly on the way
to shelter when you hear the alert:
First Aid Kit.
Portable battery radio.
Flashlights.
Small supply food, can opener.
Blanket.
Drinking water in closed jugs.
Baby supply if necessary.
Special medicines.
ON THE SET: Margaret Arlen and Woody Klose demonstrat足 ing First Aid techniques during the Course in Self Preservation, WCBS-TV. Around them are the provisions and equipment required for the shelter area.