![]() Ron Coleman, senior communications officer for Maricopa County Emergency Management in Phoenix, Ariz., inspects a sanitation kit that was used in the agency's former fallout shelter built in 1956. were concerned about the Cold War and the fact that there was no federal program for civil defense and no fallout shelters to protect the people," said association executive director Roseanne Hassett. ![]() In fact, this is the reason was created 60 years ago. ![]() "Unfortunately there are no, or very few, fallout shelters for civilians that we know of. The nonprofit was formed in 1961 to educate the public on the need for a robust civil defense program with fallout shelters for every citizen. In reality, most shelters were dismantled in the 1960s and 70s, said Packer, a member of The American Civil Defense Association (TACDA) board of directors. Where are America's shelters in the present crisis? ![]() Moscow reportedly has posted an online map of the capital city's extensive system of nuclear blast and fallout shelters in the event of a ballistic missile exchange with the West. In the past week, the Russian Federation has invaded neighboring Ukraine citing security concerns and to prevent the Western alliance NATO from moving further east.Īs the war intensifies, Russia's President Vladimir Putin has placed the nation on high nuclear alert. Ron Coleman, senior communications officer for Maricopa County Emergency Management in Phoenix, Ariz., displays the reinforced steel blast door to the agency's former underground fallout shelter on Feb. ![]()
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