However, he added, only the buildings with the 100-or-better rating will be stocked with food.Ĭould Help SelfThe shelter areas are predominately in urban areas, according to Browning, and the theory behind the additional 40-plus shelters is that a housewife could grab canned food from her own stock in the event of an attack warning and seek shelter in a less-protected area, if necessary, before being moved to an appropriate larger shelter.Īccording to reports, two-thirds of the nation is still without full fallout shelter protection. The civil defense chief said 89 county buildings in all have been approved by the government, and will be marked with signs noting their location.
The second category was established after the Cuban crisis Browning pointed out, with the government reducing the tradition figure to 1:40. Shelters Would Save Many”National statistics show that some 40 to 100 million persons who would not otherwise survive an attack due to fallout can be saved if they use fallout shelters,” Browning commented.Ĭapacity of such a shelter must be 50 or more persons, in order to receive government approval. He pointed out, however that many additional sites which do not conform with government regulations in regard to capacity, would house “many more” of the 210,000 residents in case of an enemy attack.
30, indicated the materials would be moved to the county by truck and then dispersed to the designated areas.Īs determined by the recent survey sponsored by the federal government, Browning noted Chester County can now shelter some 65,000 persons in government-approved shelter areas. The following article written by former Daily Local News staffer Dave Yack – which details a disclosure from the Chester County Civil Defense Director George Browning on fallout shelters – was published by the Daily Local News in 1963:Ĭhester County Civil Defense Director George Browning disclosed today (Monday, Jan 14, 1963) that stocking of public fallout shelters areas would begin in approximately six weeks.īrowning, who will make an inspection tour of the food and water supplies now stored at the Naval Depot in Philadelphia on Jan.
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