How to Survive a Nuclear Explosion

“I am become death, the destroyer of worlds”

~J. Robert Oppenheimer

Why You Should Know This and My Credentials

• FEMA IS-3 Radiological Emergency Management

• FEMA IS-100 Introduction to Incident Command System

• FEMA IS-200 ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents

• 50% likely hood of a nuclear bomb detonation in the USA within the next 10 years!

Dangers of a Nuke

• Immediate and Delayed• Immediate Dangers are:• Nuclear Radiation• Blast (Shock Wave)• Thermal Radiation Blast• EMP

How to Survive the Initial Blast/Immediate Dangers

• 1. Look away from the flash!• 2. Lay facing down on your

stomach and away from the blast!

• 3. If possible, lay in a ditch, culvert, or trench.

• 4. Open your mouth and cover your head with your hands!

Surviving the Delayed Effect

• What is Fallout?• Radioactive gas that

condenses with debris from the explosion and falls back to the earth.

How to Survive Nuclear Fallout

• 1. Safe Location and Mark it• Basement underground• Center of building• 3. Clean possible fallout debris

off.• 4. Use Duck tape or wet

clothing under doors• 5. Stack as many objects as

possible between the walls and yourself

• 4 Inches of Solid Concrete• 5-6 inches of Brick• 6 inches of gravel or sand• 7 Inches of soil• 14 Inches of books and

paper• 18 Inches of wood

Nuclear Fallout and How to Survive it

5. Wait for government direction

Conclusion

“Handle them carefully, for words have more power then atom bombs”