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Checklist
- Action 1: Obtain broad community backing and understanding of nuclear incident preparedness to sustain the program over time.
- Action 2: Conduct an ongoing public education program to inform the public about the effects of a nuclear detonation and how they can protect themselves.
- Action 3: Enable building owners and operators—from individual householders to skyscraper managers—to assess shelter attributes and to teach others.
- Action 4: Strengthen the region’s ability to deliver actionable public warnings following a nuclear detonation through well-chosen technologies and organizational procedures.
- Action 5: Establish a rapid system for mapping and monitoring the dangerous fallout zone to specify which residents need to take what protective action.
- Action 6: Develop planning strategies and logistical capabilities to support a large-scale, phased evacuation.
- Action 7: Integrate, test, and conduct training on the above elements of a comprehensive fallout preparedness and public warning system.
Tenets
- Tenet 1: In contrast to Cold War images of widespread destruction, terrorist-sponsored nuclear threats pose a more contained range of damage and a higher degree of survivability.
- Tenet 2: Not all casualties due to a nuclear detonation are destined to happen; those that result from exposure to radioactive fallout can be prevented.
- Tenet 3: Quickly going and staying inside the closest, most protective building—not fleeing the area—saves lives by minimizing exposure to fallout.
- Tenet 4: Evacuation may further reduce radiation exposure (after initial sheltering), but it only makes sense when sufficient information and logistical capacity exist.
- Tenet 5: An informed public capable of acting on its own can save more lives following a nuclear blast than can a limited number of emergency professionals.
Communications
- Fallout Preparedness Education Campaign
- Writing an Effective Message for Postdetonation Public Warning
- Components of an Effective Public Warning Message
- Sample Fallout Warning Messages for the Post-Nuclear Detonation Period
