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NORAD S-SERIES BOMB SHELTER BROCHURE

BOMB SHELTER - BLAST SHELTER - FALLOUT SHELTER - EMERGENCY BUNKER: THE S-SERIES MILITARY BOMB SHELTER IS NOW AVAILABLE TO CIVILIANS. PROTECTION FROM FULL-SCALE PROTRACTED NUCLEAR WAR; NUCLEAR-BIOLOGICAL-CHEMICAL-EMP WAR AND TERRORISM; INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS; FIRE, FLOOD,

EARTHQUAKE, HURRICANE, TORNADO AND TSUNAMI


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S-SERIES MILITARY BLAST SHELTER MODEL PERFORMANCE DATA SUMMARY

S-Series Bomb Shelter Performance Data

Feature Specification Standard/ Optional

Air blower volume 12-VDC

40 to 100 cfm @ 1 in S.P. Std. Air Filtration

Air filter 40 to 1000 cfm, 99.99% @ 0.3u NBC Package

Air filter -- carbon-activated lbs./100 cfm

15-40 NBC Package

Air filter -- carbon-activated residence time

0.25 sec NBC Package

Air filter -- carbon-TEDA lbs./100 cfm

15-40 NBC Package

Air filter -- carbon-TEDA residence time

0.25 sec NBC Package

Air filtration system BIBO long term ASHRAE, MIL 282, MIL 32101, NBC, HEPA

NBC Package

Air manifold 40 psi, 5 psi negative Std. Air Filtration

Corrosion protection Cathodic Sacrificial Anodes 30 Year Std., 40 and 50 Year Optional

Counter hydrostatic S.F.

1.2 Std. Structure

Distance from ground zero

0.9 miles 100 KT SB NBC Package

Emergency door opening

30 in. dia. mechanical jack system 16,000 lb. Std. Eway/ Walk-In Eway


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EMP Shielding Internal Diesel Generator

MIL-188-125 Compliant

Inverter /Charger Housing


Solar Charge Controller


Solar Panel Vault


Misc. Vault MIL-188-125 Compliant

Radios MIL-188-125 Compliant

EMP Shielding

Engineering Standards

ABYC, ANSI, API, ASHRAE, ASME, ASTM, MIL, NACE, NEC, NSF, POP, STI, UL

Std. Structure/ Applicable Package

Failure mode non-catastrophic Std. Structure

Fire resistance hatch ASTM E-119 1 hr @ 1700 F. mechanical Std. Structure

Fire resistance interior

Flame spread 25, ASTM E84 Std. Structure

Hatch pressure resistance

40 psi positive, 5 psi negative Std. Structure

Maximum wind with flying debris

350 MPH Std. Structure

Overpressure rating 10 psi with no earth-arching effect Std. Structure

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Radiation design dose (The radiation dose for which the shelter protection is designed. This is the radiation dose an unprotected person would receive.)

500 KT AB 100 KT SB

Eway and Air Ducts

Overhead

Radiation Design Dose

Rems Rems

Gamma initial

3,250 1,200

Gamma 12,000 9,554

Neutron 9,000 4,000

Total 24,250 14,754

Std. Structure

Radiation Protection Factor (PF) @ 72 in. earth**

Rems

Gamma 8,192 (outside gamma dose / 8,192)

Neutron 32,768 (outside neutron dose / 32,768)

**Protection factors are for overhead radiation only and do not account for radiation entering the shelter through the entranceway and air ducts. The radiation from overhead, air ducts and entranceway is accounted for only in the Total Rems in Shelter or TRS.

Std. Structure

*Total Rems in Shelter (TRS)

Std. Eway

Walk-In Eway

Rems Rems

Radiation dose air ducts (4) @ 10 psi 500 KT AB

0.24 0.24

Radiation dose overhead @

1.00 1.00

Std. Structure


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S-Series Bomb Shelter Performance Data 10 psi 100 KT SB

Eway @ 10 psi 500 KT AB

2.70 3.70

Total Rems in Shelter (TRS)

4.00 5.00

Sealed shelter atmosphere

See graph for specific shelter Std. Air Filtration

Re-deployable Yes Std. Structure

Warranty 30 year structural Std. Structure

Water filtration 3-stage, 0.5 micron, 99.999% UV Generator Package/Solar Package, and Plumbing Package


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S-Series Bomb Shelter Common Specifications

Feature Specification Std./Optional

Air blower type

Reverse curve centrifugal Std. Air Filtration

Air blower volume 12-VDC

40 to 100 cfm @ 1 in S.P. Std. Air Filtration

Air filter dust 99% @ 40u Std. Air Filtration

Air filter HEPA NBC

HEPA, Activated carbon, TEDA 40 to 1000 cfm, 99.99% @ 0.3u

NBC Pkg.

Air manifolds Dome with multiple baffles & screens Std. Air Filtration

Antenna fittings

Threaded port in Eway Communications Pkg.

Backfill material required

Spoil or crushed stone Installation Pkg.

Batteries 8 (eight) 140 amp hour 12-VDC AGM Generator Pkg./Solar Pkg.

Circuit breaker panels

AC and DC Generator Pkg./Solar Pkg.

Corrosion protection system

Cathodic -- Epoxy/Anodes GCP or ICCP Std. Structure

Floor material Steel, tile over Std. Structure

Hull classification

CL Std. Structure

Hatch cover 30 in. dia. clear opening spring loaded, or 30x60 in. clear opening spring loaded

Std. 68 Deg. Eway/Optional 45 Deg. Eway

Hatch cover angle of incidence

10 degrees earth berm Std. 68 Deg. Eway/Optional 45 Deg. Eway


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Hatch cover material

Steel Std. 68 Deg. Eway/Optional 45 Deg. Eway

Hatch exterior lock

Removable Std. 68 Deg. Eway/Optional 45 Deg. Eway

Hatch interior latch

Mechanical latch -- quick acting Std. 68 Deg. Eway/Optional 45 Deg. Eway

Hatch system Steel-spring loaded Std. 68 Deg. Eway/Optional 45 Deg. Eway

Head room 8 to 10 ft. Std. Structure

Hull material High strength epoxy coated structural steel Std. Structure

Lighting White LED Generator Pkg./Solar Pkg.

Oven Microwave Generator Pkg./Solar Pkg. and Cooking Pkg.

Septic tank 1000 gallon chamber leaching system Generator Pkg./Solar Pkg., and Plumbing Pkg.

Sewage lift station

1/2 HP Generator Pkg./Solar Pkg., and Plumbing Pkg.

Shape Hex ceiling Std. Structure

Toilet Gravity flush to lift station Generator Pkg./Solar Pkg., and Plumbing Pkg.


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S-Series Bomb Shelter Performance Data on Optional Items

Air Filtration System BIBO (Bag-in/Bag-out) long term ASHRAE, MIL 282, MIL 32101, NBC, HEPA

Air Test Port Internal SEAM (Severe Environment Air Module) Unit

Electrical and Plumbing Conventional and Conventional Pressurized

Off-Grid Duration One year diesel generator at 4 hours/day

EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) Shielding

MIL-STD-188-125

Power Internal diesel generator NBC air filter

Septic System Conventional


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S-Series Bomb Shelter Model-Specific Specifications

Feature S16x16-CIV S16x24-MIL S16x40-MIL S16x80-MIL Standard/Optional

Air blower volume 120-VAC

N/A 400 to 1000 cfm @ 6 in. S.P.

400 to 1000 cfm @ 6 in. S.P.

400 to 1000 cfm @ 6 in. S.P.

Generator Pkg.

Assembly time -- days, approximately

2-3 3-4 days 5 days 5 days Installation Pkg.

Capacity -- adults

8-10 8-10 12-15 24-30 Std. Structure

Connector port to other shelters

stubout stubout stubout stubout Connector Pkg.

Diesel tank N/A 800 gallon aluminum

800 gallon aluminum

800 gallon aluminum

Generator Pkg.

Duration with 6.5 KW diesel generator

N/A 1 year @ S.L. 1 year @ S.L. 1 year @ S.L. Generator Pkg.

Floor space -- net

235 ft.2 363 ft.2 619 ft.2 1,259 2 Std. Structure

Hydrostatic pressure -- lbs.

177,216 265,824 443,040 265,824 Std. Structure

Hydrostatic pressure -- counter, lbs. @70 lbs. 1.22 S.F.

177,216 324,305 540,509 1,081,018 Std. Structure

Solar 2 KW Theoretically unlimited

Theoretically unlimited



Solar Pkg.

Stove methanol electric electric electric Solar Pkg./Generator Pkg. and Cooking Pkg.

Volume -- wall storage shelving

256 ft.3 384 ft.3 640 ft.3 1,280 ft.3 Std. Structure

Volume -- total 2,840 ft.3 4,260 ft.3 7,100 ft.3 14,200 ft.3 Std. Structure


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S-Series Bomb Shelter Model-Specific Specifications

Water heater methanol electric electric electric Solar Pkg./Generator Pkg. and Plumbing Pkg.


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S-Series Bomb Shelter Features and Benefits NORAD SHELTER FEATURE BENEFIT TO

SHELTERIST

HEPA DUST SEAM AIR FILTRATION

For use in tornado and hurricane protection shelters, the SEAM (Severe Environment Air Module) uses a dust air filtration filter. CIVILIAN: INCLUDED, MILITARY: INCLUDED

Storm shelter air is filtered from normal surface contaminants making it clean and healthy to breathe.

NBC SEAM AIR FILTRATION SYSTEM

The NBC (Nuclear Biological Chemical) SEAM (Severe Environment Air Module) Air Filtration System removes radiation, chemical and biological threats from the shelter breathing and generator air supplies. NBC protection and generator power are standard in Military and optional in Civilian bomb shelters. Shelter occupants change the contaminated trays using the Bag In-Bag-Out (BIBO) filter change system. The BIBO system encapsulates the spent filter trays when they are being removed. The one-chamber SEAM cleans breathing air. The three-chamber SEAM cleans generator air. NBC air filtration systems come with spare filters. CIVILIAN: OPTIONAL, MILITARY: INCLUDED

NBC Air Filtration and the BIBO air filter try changing system prevents shelter occupants from breathing and touching nuclear, biological chemical contaminants The spare filters extend the shelter duration.

AIR MANIFOLDS, PATENT PENDING

NORAD underground shelter air manifolds at ground level are made of heavy steel and aerodynamically designed to resist 350 mph winds with flying debris. CIVILIAN: INCLUDED, MILITARY: INCLUDED

Even a truck running over the air manifold, or 350 mph debris hitting it, will not stop the manifold from supplying the shelter with fresh air ready to be filtered.


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S-Series Bomb Shelter Features and Benefits NORAD SHELTER FEATURE BENEFIT TO SHELTERIST

BLAST VALVES PRESSURE PROTECTION Stainless steel blast valves protect shelterists from over pressure and under pressure using redundant choking mechanisms. CIVILIAN: OPTIONAL, MILITARY: INCLUDED

All bomb blasts drastically change the air pressure around the area. NORAD shelters can be equipped with blast valves protecting occupants' lungs and ears from damage. The pressure protection system adjusts itself to protect occupants from overpressure and underpressure.

EMERGENCY DISASTER MANAGEMENT RADIO PACKAGE Emergency communications equipment includes a police scanner and HAM radio in an EMP-shielded enclosure. CIVILIAN: OPTIONAL, MILITARY: INCLUDED

Listen to AM, FM, Police, Highway Patrol, government agencies etc. HAM radio allows two way communications with anyone operating on HAM radio frequencies like first responders.

CATHODIC CORROSION PROTECTION High dielectric epoxy coatings and anodes provide 30 to 50 year corrosion-protection with constant pressure rating on shelter hull. CIVILIAN: INCLUDED, MILITARY: INCLUDED

The anodes connected to the shelter corrode instead of the shelter. This allows the steel shelter to be warrantied from corrosion for 30 to 50 years, depending on the cathodic protection package purchased.


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SHELTER CONNECTOR TUNNELS Connector Tunnels join the fallout shelter to existing buildings, other shelters or to other structures. CIVILIAN: OPTIONAL, MILITARY: OPTIONAL

Connector Tunnels join underground shelters to homes, office buildings, hospitals and other emergency shelters. Connectors allow communities to shelter together while maintaining separate living spaces. Emergency Operations Center and Business Continuity Centers depend on Connector Tunnels to join different groups in the organization. Businesses use multi-shelter installations for business continuity operations. Hospitals use connectors to join the main buildings to underground emergency operations centers.

EMP SHIELDING TO MIL-STD-188-125 and EMP VAULT All Military Shelters are EMP shielded to MIL-STD-188-125 so the Mission Critical Equipment (MEE) is protected from Electromagnetic Pulse. CIVILIAN: OPTIONAL, MILITARY: INCLUDED

The shelter will have dependable generator power and stored battery power after an EMP attack. Occupants can continue to use plumbing. Electronics stored in the vault such as a TV, radios and DVD player will work after EMP attack.


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SHELTERIST

ENGINEERING STANDARDS

All shelter models are designed and manufactured to meet P.O.P. US Handbook Shelter Standards 2013 by Walton McCarthy, and many military standards. NORAD underground shelters are designed by the same man who wrote the industry bible on underground protection. CIVILIAN: INCLUDED, MILITARY: INCLUDED

The S-Series Bomb Shelter meets the highest possible standards in protection from all earth surface threats including terrorism, fire, flood, EMP attack, nuclear, biological and chemical attack and accidents.

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SHELTERIST

2ND HATCH: 45 DEG. WALK IN ENTRANCEWAY

The Walk In Entranceway has a 45 degree angle stairwell with a 36 •x72• wide hatch. CIVILIAN: OPTIONAL, MILITARY: OPTIONAL

It is easy to walk in and out of the entranceway, and items occupants are carrying will easily fit through the opening and stairwell. Customers concerned about intruders should have both a 45 deg. and a 68 deg. entranceway. See 2nd HATCH: 68 DEG. WALK IN ENTRANCEWAY for more information.


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2ND HATCH: 68 DEG. WALK IN ENTRANCEWAY AND EMERGENCY ESCAPE

The Walk In Entranceway has a 68 degree angle stairwell with a 30• diameter hatch. CIVILIAN: INCLUDED, MILITARY: INCLUDED

Customers concerned about intruders should have a 45 deg. entranceway for supplies and a 68 deg. entranceway as a secret escape exit. The standard 30• diameter hatch should be well camouflaged. In the event someone attempts to enter the main hatch, occupants can exit the camouflaged hatch undetected. Occupants then have the option to disable the intruder. Even very large people can quickly and easily slip through the emergency escape hatch to exit the shelter. In addition to giving occupants a fast shelter escape path, the emergency escape feature gives occupants an advantage against intruders attempting to open the main hatch.

PERFORMANCE DATA-FEA TESTING

All shelters have been modeled with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) under many load conditions. No rotationally molded tanks of any kind are used. CIVILIAN: INCLUDED MILITARY: INCLUDED

NORAD shelters, entranceways, and septic tanks were designed for very heavy overhead earth, overpressure and extreme ground shock. NORAD shelters are tested and proven to be structurally extremely strong and sound even under such heavy loads


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FOUNDATION

There is no concrete in any of the shelters. The foundation is made of steel. CIVILIAN: INCLUDED, MILITARY: INCLUDED

The shelter can be re-deployed to another location. A building permit is usually not required. occupants do not need 24-hour-a-day concrete de-humidifiers.

GEOMETRY EFFICIENCY

All S-Series Fallout Shelters are designed to make 100% of the interior space usable while old culvert designs offer only about 60% useful space. CIVILIAN: INCLUDED, MILITARY: INCLUDED

NORAD S-Series Shelters are designed to make 100% of the interior space usable. Whereas cylindrical shelters lose much space to the curved walls, the S-Series design creates a spacious, open feeling even for claustrophobics. The ceilings are eight to 10 feet tall. Furniture can be placed against walls.


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HULL

The hexoid structural steel hull is designed in 8 ft. sections. CIVILIAN: INCLUDED, MILITARY: INCLUDED

The S-Series Hull is designed to protect people from scores of man-made and natural disasters up to and including nuclear weapon blasts.

CONVENTIONAL PLUMBING SYSTEM

Shelter models with this option will have conventional plumbing including a sub-micron water filter, a stainless steel utility sink, a fiberglass shower, a conventional flush toilet, a sewage lift to the high pressure septic system and toilet room venting. CIVILIAN: OPTIONAL, MILITARY: INCLUDED

Without the plumbing package the occupants rely on bottled water for drinking and washing. Waste will go to a “portable potty” which occupants will have to service. With the plumbing package occupants will have clean filtered drinking water for the kitchen faucet and shower. The sewage will automatically be pumped to an external buried septic system.


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SHELTERIST

DIESEL AND/OR SOLAR ELECTRICAL POWER

Generator electricity comes standard with Military Shelters. The optional Solar Power package can be added to a Military Shelter but cannot replace the generator power system. Either a generator or solar can power a Civilian Shelter. Unless the shelter is to be used as an empty storage shell, it must have a power source to run the air filtration system. Solar and generator power packages include circuit breaker panels for 120 VAC and 12 VDC power for TV, DVD player, microwave and customer electric devices such as food preparation equipment. CIVILIAN: SOLAR AND EMP-SHIELDED GENERATOR; MILITARY: EMP-SHIELDED GENERATOR

Watch TV and a DVD player. Cook food in a microwave. The plumbing system for water supply and waste removal will work with this electrical system.


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SHELTERIST

STORAGE

100% interior usable space, and internal wall storage. CIVILIAN: INCLUDED, MILITARY: INCLUDED

There is enough room to store more than one year of food, toilet paper and other critical supplies.

MULTI-ROOM SHELTER

All models have separate room areas. The bathroom is inside wall partitions and has a locking door. Sound-attenuating foam suppressed generator (standard Military and optional Civilian) noise inside a pressurized separate room. The living area and power generation areas are separated. CIVILIAN: INCLUDED, MILITARY: INCLUDED

Generator noise does not interfere with daily living, allowing occupants to stay inside the shelter for up to a year off grid.


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OVERHEAD and ENTRANCEWAY RADIATION PERFORMANCE DATA All shelters have radiation doses listed from overhead and entranceways based on actual nuclear weapons tests. NORAD shelters have a total Rems in Shelter (TRS) of 3 rems from all sources at the shelter design pressure. CIVILIAN: INCLUDED, MILITARY: INCLUDED

Owners know the maximum dose of radiation that will enter the shelter from overhead, the entranceway, and air ducts. The protection is a function of the shielding material over the shelter, and the geometry of the entranceway and air ducts. We provide owners with gamma exposure calculations based on the bomb size, the distance from Ground Zero, and a constant 15 MPH wind. Use our Entranceway Radiation Calculator to determine the radiation exposure of any shelter under consideration..

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BOMB SHELTERS: SELF-CONTAINED, OFF-GRID, UNDERGROUND

• Breathing Air NBC (Nuclear Biological Chemical) Filtration System

• Generator NBC Air Filtration Cooling

• Emergency Communications Radios

• Steel Sections Assembled on Site

• Internal EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) Shielded Diesel Generator

• Flush Toilet, Conventional Septic System

• Shower, Sinks, Pressurized Hot and Cold Running Water

• Beds, Mattresses

• Decontamination

• Lighting

• Claustrophobic-Friendly Spacious 10-ft. Ceilings

• Extremely Strong Steel Construction

• Emergency Escape Hatch


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PROTECTION FROM WEAPONS AND NATURALS DISASTERS

• EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) and HEMP (High-Altitude Electromagnetic

Pulse) Weapons

• Nuclear Weapons

• Full-Scale Protracted Nuclear War

• Biological/Bioterrorism Weapons

• Chemical Weapons

• Nearby Terrorism and Criminal Activity

• Nuclear Power Plant Accidents

• Chemical Industry Accidents

• Biological Facility and Research Accidents

• Power Plant Failures

• Water Supply Contamination

• Severe Pollution

• Forest Fires

• Famines

• Earthquakes

• Tornadoes, Typhoons, Monsoons, Cyclones and Hurricanes

• Man-Made and Natural Disasters


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TO PROTECT PEOPLE DURING AND AFTER DISASTERS

The NORAD S-Series shelters were specifically designed and developed

to protect people during and after disasters such as:

• full-scale protracted nuclear, chemical and biological war

• nuclear war blasts, nuclear war fallout, biological weapons, chemical

weapons, conventional war, terrorism, dirty bombs

• EMP and HEMP attack, power grid failure, violence, rioting, social

collapse, financial collapse, societal breakdown, resource shortages

• tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, storms, forest fires, cyclones,

tsunamis, monsoons


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Spacious and Strong The NORAD S-Series shelters are totally self-contained structural

steel underground disaster shelters rated at 10 PSI overpressure. The

S12, S16, S24 and S30 are each composed of 8 foot sections. Section

widths are 12 ft. (S12), 16 ft. (S16), 24 ft. (S24) and 30 ft. (S30). Each 8 ft.

section includes the hexoid arch (ceiling), shelving, and steel foundation.

All hull material is structural steel that is epoxy coated inside and outside.

The steel foundation forms the floor and a gravity flange for high water

tables. The foundation acts as a barrier preventing radon and methane

gas from entering the shelter. No concrete is used so it is not considered

a permanent structure. This usually means that a building permit is not

required. The hexoid ceiling is extremely strong and provides

a spacious feeling especially for claustrophobic people.


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These NBC EMP Nuclear War Blast Shelters are Also

Panic Rooms and Storm Shelters

All NORAD S-Series bomb shelters protect occupants from a 100

kiloton surface burst nuclear bomb blast 0.9 miles away. Military

shelters and upgraded Civilian shelters also protect shelterists

from nuclear fallout, biological and chemical agents, ground fires and

floods. Long term off-grid capacity allows shelter owners to protect

themselves from the effects of power-grid loss due to EMP

attack or financial and social meltdown. The S-Series underground

shelters are panic rooms allowing owners to buy valuable time when

faced with imminent violence. All NORAD S-Series underground bomb

shelters are also storm shelters. The least-equipped Civilian shelter to

the most-equipped Military shelter protect occupants from storms, floods,

monsoons, tornadoes, cyclones, hurricanes and dust

storms including 350 MPH winds and 1700 deg. F. ground fires.


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Corrosion Protection System The NORAD S SERIES SHELTER hull exterior and interior are painted prior to

shipping. The inside epoxy white coating has excellent flame and smoke properties. The

exterior epoxy coating has strong dielectric properties and excellent cathodic

bonding and abrasion resistance properties. Underground corrosion is an electrical

process and the shelter hull and foundation corrosion is virtually stopped by

the Cathodic Protection System. Unlike an underground galvanized tank or culvert

where the shelter itself erodes over time requiring the shelter hull pressure rating to be

de-rated 2-5% each year, the corrosion protection system forces the underground

anodes connected to the shelter to erode instead of the shelter hull. The corrosion

protection system is monitored by a meter mounted on the shelter wall indicating that

the corrosion protection system is operating and when the anodes needs to be

replaced. The corrosion protection system allows support of a 30-50 year structural

warranty.


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S-Series Bomb Shelter Design Patent Pending The NORAD S-Series Blast Shelter is a very efficient shape. People operating in the

shelter have full use of the area. The living area is 100% useful. The walls are vertical.

The ceiling is hexoid starting at 8 ft. and rising to 10 ft. A 6 ft. tall person inside has a

minimum of 8 ft. of space overhead. This model is a fifth generation disaster shelter

manufactured to PRINCIPLES of PROTECTION, U.S. Handbook of NBC Weapon

Fundamentals and Shelter Engineering Standards, Sixth Edition, 2013, Brown Books,

which is the United State’s bible on shelter engineering standards. It is known in the

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Bomb Shelter Facilities The NORAD S SERIES SHELTER provides headroom from 8 ft. to 10 ft. This allows

relatively normal living and a very spacious feeling. There is ample light for reading

anywhere in the shelter supplied by LED white lights. Fresh filtered air is brought into

the shelter by a 12-volt air blower designed to operate 24 hours per day and

supplies many times the breathing volume of air required by adults. This system

has the advantage of maintaining constant shelter temperature, constant shelter

oxygen levels, constant shelter carbon dioxide levels, and constant shelter mois-

ture levels, plus it prevents overheating which is common with manual air blowers in

warm climates. In addition, this electric blower air supply system works with all

people including young children, people who are sick, people who are injured, people

who are handicapped, and people who are elderly who may not be able to operate a

manual blower system during a disaster. Exhausting of hot, moist, spent air is

facilitated through the air ceiling exhaust to the air manifold at ground level. This is an

efficient method of exhausting spent air, especially when resisting intruder assaults is a

critical part of the shelter design. The NORAD S-Series shelters can be “Fit Out” inside

with conventional walls and doors.

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Bomb Shelter Protection from EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) Event or Attack

The NORAD S Series was designed to meet MIL-STD-188-125: “High Altitude

Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) Protection for Ground-Based C4I Facilities Performing

Critical, Time-Urgent Missions Part 1: Fixed Facilities” 17 July 1998. All mission

essential equipment (MEE) vulnerable to EMP is mounted in a tested aluminum EMP

shielded enclosure. The NORAD S Series is self-contained and not connected to the

electrical grid. The only MEE equipment in the shelter that are vulnerable to EMP are

the inverter/charger, generators, and generator/battery bank controls, which are all

mounted in an aluminum EMP shielded enclosure. The EMP shielded enclosures meet

QQ-A-200/8, MIL-C-7438, MIL-T-10727, and shielding minimums of MIL-188-125. The

shelter system also includes a 2 ft3 EMP vault to store other electronic components in

such as laptops, radios, TV’s, CD player etc.

ILITARY STANDARD EMP PROTECTION OF MILITARY ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT (MEE)

The NORAD S-Series EMP Protection system meets MIL-STD-188-125. It protects the

diesel generator and generator control*, inverter/battery charger*, generator battery

bank controls*, and radios. The Military Model with a diesel generator and

inverter/battery charger are protected by EMP Shielded Enclosures and designed to

protect 4-100 troops for one year off-grid. The military version is also available to

citizens. * MEE or Military Essential Equipment The NORAD approach to making an

underground shelter EMP shielded, and a well accepted military practice, is to assume

the shelter hull is EMP transparent and shield each individual unit vulnerable to EMP.

The POEs in a shielded enclosure for a few cables are small and can be easily

shielded. Also, unlike unprotected underground shelters, EMP shielded enclosures can

be tested individually. Underground shelters with EMP shielded enclosures for MEE

(Minimum Essential Equipment) meet the MIL-188-125 Standard. The NORAD S-


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SERIES Shelter has been reviewed for an EMP Protection Analysis by a Certified

Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineer and a Certified Electrostatic Discharge Control

Engineer and found to comply with MIL-STD-188-125 with a shielded enclosure for

MEE.

EMP PROTECTION “GOLDEN RULE”

The golden rule for EMP

protection in underground shelters

is, “DO NOT USE THE SHELTER

HULL AS AN EMP SHIELD AND

DO NOT USE THE EMP SHIELD

AS A SHELTER.”

The major problem in making underground shelters EMP safe is dealing with all the POEs

or “points of entry’ in underground shelter hulls that allow EMP to enter the shelter.

Anything penetrating the hull such as entranceways, emergency escape tunnels, air inlet

hoses, air outlet hoses, water hoses, electrical lines, and radio cables, etc., all need EMP

shielded gaskets and/or EMP shielded air vents. Steel cannot be used as a Faraday Cage

because it is not conductive enough. Electrical conductivity is measured in Siemens/meter

(õ S/m). The minimum conductivity for a Faraday Cage to completely shield an EMP is

15,000,000 Siemens per meter. Steel has a conductivity of only 7,000,000 S/m so it is not

conductive enough to effectively attenuate all EMP frequencies. Aluminum has a

conductivity of 35,000,000 S/m and copper 60,000,000 S/m so both materials are very well

suited for a Faraday Cage to effectively shield EMP.


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S-SERIES BOMB SHELTER Floor Space, Volume, Buoyancy and Counter Buoyancy

NORAD SHELTER SIZE

FLOOR SPACE FT2

VOLUME FT3 BUOYANCY LBS

COUNTER BUOYANCY 70 LBS/FT3 EARTH

S12 WALL 96 1,128 70,387 89,040 S16 WALL 128 1,424 88.858 126.560 S24 WALL 192 2,084 130,042 165,760 S30 WALL 240 2,555 159,432 228,480

The NORAD S-Series Shelters were designed using CAD (computer aided drafting),

CAE (Computer Aided Engineering), and FEAM (3-Dimensional Finite Element analysis

and Modeling). The structural shape of the NORAD S-Series Shelter allows it to be a

true pressure vessel for resistance to high external pressure.

Bomb Shelter Foundation The NORAD S-Series shelters use a steel foundation. This is a faster to install and a

more structurally stable design that is more resilient and can take greater ground shock

than reinforced concrete foundations. Steel is also a barrier for Radon and Methane gas

usually found in soils. The floor of the shelter is steel, not concrete, which eliminates the

need for a dehumidifier working 24 hours per day to keep the shelter dry. The steel

foundation has a gravity ledge to use submerged soil on top of the gravity ledge to resist

hydrostatic pressure in locations where the water table reaches the surface.

Bomb Shelter Solar or Diesel Generator Power The NORAD S-Series Shelters can be supplied with a 2 KW solar system with an

AGM (Absorbent Glass Mat) battery bank. During peace time, a single solar panel

can maintain the battery bank. After an EMP event, the solar panel is considered

sacrificed and 8 solar panels that have been stored in the supplied EMP shielded

enclosure can be put in place to supply power indefinitely.


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The NORAD S Series Shelter can also be supplied with an internal 6.5 KW high speed

or a 10 KW slow speed water cooled diesel generator connected to an 800 gallon

aluminum diesel tank located in a sealed and pressurized generator room. The

tank is serviced by a circulating pump, filter and fill port to accept fuel, emulsifiers, and

fungicides. The generator is housed in an aluminum/nickel EMP shielded enclosure

meeting QQ-A-200/8, MIL-C-7438, MIL-T-10727 and MIL-188-125 EMP shielding and is

an isolated enclosure. The generator enclosure is vented through the shelter ceiling.

The generator room is a separate room pressurized with NBC filtered air. Diesel is also

useful if power is needed to supply to another structure such as a house to be used

after a disaster event. Shelter durations shown below are based on 16 – 24 hours/day

operation of the TV, DVD player, computer, radios etc.


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Bomb Shelter Geometry Efficiency

The military stopped using culverts and tanks for underground bomb shelters to protect

equipment and troops in the late 50’s due to structural issues from corrosion, design

issues since culverts were never designed to be used as a closed end structure, failure

mode, and space efficiency. The round structure proved to be inefficient for troops or

people to operate in for long periods. The floor spans are narrow, and the curved walls

make partitions, cabinets, and storage space hard to utilize. Underfloor storage is hard

to access and less than 30% efficient. The conventional tank or culvert is now only used

for civilian applications where the market is price sensitive and does not require

performance data. NORAD bomb shelters have 100% efficiency for both storage and

people with absolutely no under floor storage. All food, supplies, and toilet paper for

more than one year for many troops can be stored in the wall cavities not taking up any

floor space. The products stored in the walls are easy also to access and monitor.

Performance data is published for radiation doses from overhead, radiation doses from

the entranceway, pressure ratings at safe radiation doses, shelter durations based on

off-grid available power, monitored corrosion system protection, sanitation standards,

air filtration data, etc.


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S-Series Bomb Shelter EMP-Shielded AC/DC Inverter

Inverters convert DC power of the battery bank to 120 VAC power or house current.

The inverter/charger is located inside an aluminum/nickel EMP shielded enclosure

meeting QQ-A-200/8, MIL-C-7438, MIL-T-10727 and MIL-188-125 shielding.

Bomb Shelter Duration in Days

This table shows the relationship between the shelter’s elevation above sea level and

how long the diesel generator should last. For example, if the shelter is 2000 feet above

sea level and uses a 10 KW diesel engine at .4 gallons per hour (gph) for 4 hours a day,

expect generator fuel to last 465 days.

Shelter Duration

800 gallon diesel fuel tank 6 .5 KW Internal Diesel @ 75% load .4 gph x 4 hrs/day

Or 10 KW Internal Slow Speed Diesel @ 50% load .4 gph x 4 hours/day

Altitude – Feet Above Sea Level Shelter Duration Days

500 500

1000 483

2000 465

3000 448

4000 430

5000 413

6000 395


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Bomb Shelter Septic System The NORAD S-Series Bomb Shelter is normally connected to a 1000 gallon septic tank

with a leach chamber system size based on the percolation test. The septic system has

an indefinite duration just like that of a conventional house.


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S.E.A.M NBC Air Filtration, PATENT PENDING

The NORAD S-Series bomb shelter has two modern air filtration systems called SEAM

units (Severe Environment Air Module. One SEAM) unit is dedicated to the supplying

cooling and combustion air to the generator and one SEAM unit is dedicated to the

breathing air for life support. Each SEAM unit can be supplied as a dust filter only

version or full NBC air filtration version. The Dust filter version filter removes dust

particles to keep the shelter clean. This version is normally used for the storm shelter

models. For this version, the filter elements can come into direct contact with human

skin since the only contaminant is physical dust particles. The Nuclear-Biological-

Chemical or NBC version S.E.A.M. is a “Bag-In/Bag Out” NBC air filtration system

designed for long-term operation in severe NBC environments. The NBC filter housing

is made of stainless steel. The generator SEAM supplies NBC filtered air directly to the

generator room when the generator is operating. This system allows maintenance on a

generator that is free of NBC contamination since its combustion and cooling air is NBC

filtered air which is a military requirement. In order to qualify as a long-term NBC air

filtration system for more than 30 days, the HEPA and carbon trays have to be able to

be removed and replaced. The trays are replaced using a “bag in bag out” system so

there is no human contact with the contaminated filter elements. On the front side of the

filter housing is a vacuum dial gage which indicates when the filter is operating normally

and when the filters need to be changed.


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BOMB SHELTER BREATHING AIR OUTLET

The spent breathing air containing carbon dioxide, heat, moisture, and odors exits the shelter at the ceiling of the shelter at the opposite end to the SEAM air filtration system. The air outlet manifold contains a stainless steel screen to prevent insects from entering the shelter.

BOMB SHELTER AIR MANIFOLD SYSTEMS

S-Series shelters use cathodically protected heavy steel TRUSS Mushroom® Air Manifolds covered by US Patents Pending. One set is for the breathing air and one set is for the generator cooling and combustion air. The air manifolds are very low profile, low angle of incidence, and provide little surface area for flying debris to hit and traffic can run over these air manifolds. This design meets 100+ psi overpressure and -5 psi underpressure. (see Weapon Effects for Blast wind speeds at various overpressures) The air manifolds are designed for H20 or 20,000 lb. axle load running over the air manifolds with no damage or visual deflection. The intake breathing air manifold is more than 15 feet away from the generator exhaust air manifold meeting the ASHRAE 62 requirement for indoor air quality. This type of air manifold, low profile hatch, and TRS rating allow the NORAD shelters to be classified as a “Blast Shelter“. A common brick is shown for scale in the photo.

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HOT AIR FILTER CHANGE OUT PROTECTION

In the case where the shelter is located near a nuclear air, ground, or surface burst

detonation putting fallout into the atmosphere, any HEPA filter in any air filtration

system located in the shelter will become too radioactive and dangerous to the

shelterists to keep in the filter housing even though the vacuum gage may read normal.

The level of radioactivity in the filter comes from radioactive contaminants in

the HEPA filter tray which can be measured by a radiation meter by just standing in

front of the access doors and holding the radiation meter at the center of the access

cover. When the reading is above 1 rad/hr., the HEPA filter should be changed. Almost

all of the initial fallout will have fallen in the first 24 hours so changing the HEPA filters

should automatically be implemented after this period. Specific procedures are found in

the NORAD SHELTER OPERATOR MANUAL for replacing filter elements.

The SEAM system for life support is located at the far end of the shelter and supplies

40-200 cfm of fresh NBC filtered air and operates 24 hours per day. The air filtration

system consists of three stages of air filtration. The first stage is a HEPA filter to

remove physical particles that are 0.3 microns and larger at 99.99% efficiency. The

second filter tray is activated carbon to remove radioactive iodine gas and has a

minimum residence time of .25 seconds. The third filter tray is TEDA carbon to

remove chemical warfare agents with a minimum residence time of 0.25 seconds.

Each carbon tray weighs approximately 35 lbs. and any of the trays can be changed by

one person in approximately ten minutes. For extended Sealed Shelter

Atmosphere durations, a Lithium Hydroxide carbon scrubber tray can be used. One

Lithium Hydroxide tray will remove enough carbon dioxide for ten people to stay in the

shelter for approximately 24 hours. The top of the NBC filter housing has a gas agent

test port to test for chemical agents using the supplied Chemical Agent Test Kit. A

radiation survey meter is also supplied.


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BOMB SHELTER SEALED SHELTER ATMOSPHERE

When ground fires are present around the hatch, the air blower should not be turned

on to bring in fresh air. During this time, the shelterists must breathe in a sealed

shelter atmosphere. The safe duration time is based on a 3% carbon dioxide limit.

The time it takes for the shelter atmosphere to reach this limit is a function of the

number of shelterists, degree of physical activity of the shelterists, and the volume of

the shelter above the floor. Sealed Shelter Atmosphere graphs are provided for each

specific shelter. See NORAD S Emergency Operations brochure.

Bomb Shelter Storage Space The NORAD S SERIES SHELTER walls were designed to store 5 gallon buckets in

the wall cavity. Each 8 ft. section can store 48- 5 gallon buckets plus other items such

as books or No. 10 cans so no floor space is taken up by food or toilet paper storage.

A key feature of the NORAD S SERIES SHELTER is that it has enough floor space and

efficient wall geometry to allow equipment, such as shelving and furniture, to be

placed against the wall at the edge of the floor.

Bomb Shelter Water Supply The NORAD S-Series bomb shelter is designed to accept water from dedicated water

well powered by the shelter power system, not powered on the local power grid, to

prevent water pump damage from a HEMP weapon. A backup water pump can be kept

in the shelter in the EMP vault. There are also optional 2500 gallon underground

water tanks which supplies a six month duration for 6 people. NORAD does not supply

water. We supply the plumbing that uses the water and optional the tank and pump if a

well is not available.


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Bomb Shelter Seismic Joint The connection between the entranceway and the hull is made through a double axis

seismic joint. This allows the entranceway to move independently without overstressing

the hull end wall. The entranceway can be located within the frost line, while the shelter

is well below the frost line. This creates tremendous stresses during winter months

when the entranceway is forced up 0.5 – 1.25 inches due to frozen ground. The

seismic joint removes these stresses by allowing vertical and lateral movement of the

entranceway to maintain structural integrity during rolling ground motion from severe

ground shock.

Engineering Standards and Testing NORAD S-Series bomb shelters are built to the engineering standards set forth in “The

Principles of Protection: U.S. Handbook of NBC Weapon Fundamentals And Shelter

Engineering Design Standards” NORAD S-Series shelters are tested by Finite Element

Analysis or FEA. This is a scientific method of using material properties and an actual

model that is broken up into small elements. Each element is loaded under a variety of

load conditions to confirm stress and deformation. FEA is how all aircraft and spacecraft

are tested because it is so incredibly accurate. Physical testing of underground shelters

was abandoned in the late 60’s in favor of FEA analysis which proved to be much more

accurate since it can simulate numerous different soil conditions.


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The 68 Degree 36 Inch Diameter Entranceway with 30 Inch. Diameter Hatch as Bomb Shelter Emergency Escape Entranceway

The 68 degree 36 inch diameter entranceway with a 30 inch diameter clear opening is

usually used for emergency escape and is connected to the shelter though a seismic

joint. The flush spring loaded steel hatch at ground level can be easily concealed. The

opening manhole allows large people to enter the shelter quickly. The hatch cover is

spring loaded to open and requires 10 lbs. of force to pull closed. The hatch can

withstand 350 mph winds and is designed to protect the shelter from a fire reaching

1700 deg F for one hour while maintaining its structural integrity in compliance to ASTM

E119. Although the hatch is not impenetrable, it is specifically de-signed to resist seven

basic assaults from people trying to break into the shelter in compliance to P.O.P.

45 DEGREE WALK-IN ENTRANCEWAY

The main entranceway is through a 72 inch diameter tunnel at a 45 degree angle

connected to the shelter through a seismic joint. The flush steel hatch at ground level

is aerodynamically smooth with a clear opening of 30 inches x 60 inches. There is

nothing for flying debris to hit and the hatch can withstand 350 mph winds and is

designed to protect the shelter from a fire reaching 1700 deg F for one hour while

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Emergency Operations Centers and Corporate Continuity NORAD supplies Emergency Operations Centers (EOC) and Corporate Continuity Facilities by connecting together two or more emergency underground shelters. Instead of a hatch and entranceway, a connected end wall has a tunnel Connector leading to a pre-existing structure or another underground emergency shelter. Both end walls can be connected to other structures. Shelters can be chained together through Connector tunnels. The end units have entranceways and hatches for entering and exiting the chained structures. First responders and hospitals use EOC’s to give emergency care when surface conditions are too dangerous. Law enforcement uses them to coordinate police response to disasters and riots. Corporations use Corporate Continuity Facilities to maintain business operations during disasters and emergencies. An Emergency Operations Center can be as small as one shelter, which would not use a Connector. All other combinations of structures use Double or Tripod Connector tunnels to join the shelters together and to hospitals or offices.

Panic Rooms Homeowners and businesses can connect their shelters to their homes and offices using Connector tunnels. The Connector Tunnel allows the shelter to be used as a Panic Room. Individuals can escape to the tunnel and into the shelter. The shelter has several intruder protection features protecting shelterists once they are locked inside.

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S-Series Bomb Shelter Intruder Defenses

The NORAD S SERIES SHELTER is not impenetrable but is difficult to break into while shelterists are inside.

Intruder Assault Hatch and Air Manifold Resistance

Intruder trying to break into hatch using sledgehammer, hatchets, and guns

The steel hatch and air manifold resists hammer and hatchet assaults

Intruder trying to clog the air intake/outlet manifold to suffocate the shelterists thus forcing them outside

Shelterists can wait in safety in the shelter for many hours in sealed shelter atmosphere while the intruder is exposed to the outside danger.

Intruder trying to suffocate shelterists by creating a fire on top of the hatch or air manifold thus forcing the shelterists outside.

The hatch and air manifold are resistant to fire up to 1700 F. and the shelterists can breathe normally inside the shelter based on sealed shelter atmosphere.

An intruder trying to run over the shelter or hatch with an automobile or truck

A vehicle running over the hatch will not damage the hatch. If this vehicle becomes a threat. the Emergency Escape System can be used.

An intruder trying to drown shelterists by forcing water into the air inlet/out

The air inlet on the hatch are baffled to prevent this type of assault.

An intruder trying to attach rope onto the hatch or air manifolds to damage or pull it out of ground.

The hatch is a smooth design with no projections to easily attach to.

All attacks above Release of tear gas through hatch.

Details are reviewed in Owner’s Manual.

Bomb Shelter Internal Pressure Control (Blast Protection) 8 inch diameter stainless steel blast valves prevent protect occupants from over

pressure and under pressure. The valves are located inside the shelter where they can

be easily serviced. These valves are normally open, then close from blast overpressure

or negative pressure, maintaining the normal shelter atmosphere. The air inlet and

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Blast valves are located inside the shelter directly above the SEAM air filtration unit and

on the air outlet on the ceiling.

DIRECT EFFECTS OF OVER PRESSURE ON HUMANS NOT BEING HIT BY FLYING DEBRIS3

15-20 psi Ear drums rupture for persons 20+ years old

20-30 psi Severe lung damage

30-35 psi Eardrums rupture for persons <20 years

30-50 psi Lethal threshold

50-75 psi 50% fatalities

75-115 psi 100% fatalities

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Bomb Shelter Plumbing System The NORAD bomb shelter plumbing package uses conventional plumbing materials

such as a flush toilet and a 1,000 gallon septic system.. The walls, doors and

siding are the same as found in a regular house. Storage is available in the kitchen and

bathroom cabinets. Instead of using a “porta potty” type toilet, the plumbing

package includes a standard conventional non-clog flush toilet. Waste is

automatically removed to the high-pressure septic system. The toilet room is kept

under negative pressure and vented so that its air is always fresh. The sewage

station can lift a 1,000 gallon septic tank 24 ft. The septic tank will be outfitted with

leach chambers based on the on-site percolation test.

Water Filter – A UV water filtration system filters at 0.5 microns with 99.999%

efficiency. Filtered water is used at the sink(s), shower, and toilet.

Stainless Steel Counter and Sink – The counter contains a large stainless steel utility

sink where dishes, clothes, and pets are washed.

Fittings – The shelter entranceway contains NPTF thru-hull couplings below ground

level, for plumbing and electrical connection to the water tank or well and bringing in

antenna lines or a phone line.

Shower – The fiberglass shower floor allows all water from the shower head to drain

into the sewage lift station. NBC decontamination is performed in this shower using the

supplied decontamination solution and spray bottle.


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Cooking – The S-Series solar shelters come with a single-burner methanol cooking

stove. The S-Series diesel-generator shelters come with an electric double burner

cooking stove. Both types of shelter come with a microwave oven.

Toilet – The toilet used is a conventional flush toilet draining into the sewage lift station

under the shower floor. The sewage is pumped up to the septic tank through an internal

and external hose.

Septic – The sink, shower, and toilet drain into a sewage lift station which transfers

sewage up to a high pressure septic system. The toilet room has a blower to keep the

toilet room in negative pressure venting all odors to the ground surface.

Bomb Shelter Emergency Communications Scanner and HAM Radio The communications center consists of a HAM radio and scanner radio mounted

inside a vented EMP aluminum shielded enclosure per MIL-STD-188-125, 25

ft. guyless antenna mast, and cables.

The Emergency Disaster Management Communications Package includes a

scanner for listening, and a HAM radio for two-way conversation. Shelterists can

manage and coordinate with personnel, troops, first responders and family. The

Communications Package includes the radios, their associated cables, antennas and

antenna mast. The package is standard in Military fallout shelters and optional in the

Civilian fallout shelters.

Many first responder agencies use HAM frequencies which makes having a HAM radio

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The HAM radio operates at 2M (meters) and 70 cm (centimeters) wavelengths. Allowed

communication on 2M and 70 cm includes FM Voice, RTTY (Radio Teletype), OSCAR

(Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio), SSB (Single Sideband) and CW

(Continuous Wave). The frequencies are used for local communication.

The underground fallout shelter HAM radio and scanner are mounted inside an EMP

vault, meeting MIL-STD-188-125. The communications systems will work after an

electromagnetic pulse, when all other forms of communication are almost definitely

down.

Bomb Shelter Radiation Shielding The protection factor (PF) of a shelter is the ratio of a radiation dose over smooth

ground which would be received by an unprotected person, compared to the dose that

would be received by a person in a sheltered location. For example, a PF of 40 means

that a person would receive 1/40th the radiation in a shelter compared to the radiation

that he would receive unprotected. A PF of 100 = 1/100th. This is the fraction of

radiation that a shelterist would receive from overhead (not accounting for radiation

entered through the entranceway). The PF alone should never be used to determine

the radiation entering a blast shelter since most of the radiation entering a shelter

comes from the entranceway.. The Half Value Layer Thickness (HVL) is the

material thickness required to reduce the radiation dose to half. Earth has an HVL of

5.5 inches and concrete has an HVL of 4.7 inches will reduce the radiation dose to

half. NORAD shelters have a gamma protection factor of 8,192 and a neutron

protection factor of 32,768.


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Nuclear Bomb Protection A shelterist in the NORAD S-Series Shelter under heavy, direct effects from two 1-MT

nuclear weapons, has at least the same probability of survival (99.7%) as a person

living and working in peacetime.

Radiation shielding from overhead in the NORAD S-Series Shelter is provided by 72

inches of earth at the crown of the shelter ceiling. With a TRS (Total Rems in Shelter at

the shelter entrance) of 3 rems at 10 psi (0.9 miles from GZ of a 100 KT weapon), the

shelterist would be safe. This 30 day dose is based on a 100 KT burst to estimate

radioactive fallout and a 500 KT air burst to estimate entranceway radiation (See

of PRINCIPLES of PROTECTION, U.S. Handbook of NBC Weapon Fundamentals and

Shelter Engineering Standards, Sixth Edition, 737 pp, 2013).

Based on the worst cancer cases (leukemia) from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki victims,

a 10-rem dose may increase the cancer rates from the current rate of 352/100,000 up

to 355/100,000. It should be kept in mind that the Hiroshima victims were totally

unprepared and uneducated. They were malnourished and already suffering from many

diseases during a critical wartime period where food, medical supplies, and other

necessities were in short supply. In addition, they were not only exposed to heavy,

acute external radiation doses but also internal radiation doses from eating

contaminated food and inhaling radioactive fallout. Educated shelterists can avoid such

damaging effects and can determine the radiation levels with a simple radiation survey

meter supplied with the NORAD S SERIES SHELTER along with a chemical agent

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GAMMA AND NEUTRON RADIATION DOSES COMBINED IN REMS INSIDE A SHELTER BASED ON EARTH COVER

100 KT SURFACE BURST Dist. GZ MSD 0.5 MI 0.6 MI 0.7 MI 0.8 MI 0.9 MI 1 MI 10 MI 25 MI 50 MI 100

MI Overpressure

psi 200 30 21 15 12 10 8 0 0 0 0

Initial Gamma rems

25,000 25,000 10,000 4,500 2,000 1,200 500 0 0 0 0

Fallout Gamma rems

9,554 9,554 9,554 9,554 9,554 9,554 9,554 5,800 3,800 375 100

Neutron rems 1,000,000 80,000 25,000 15,000 7,000 4,000 1,600 0 0 0 0

Earth-inch

5.5 517,277 57,277 22,277 14,527 9,277 7,377 5,827 2,900 1,900 188 50

11.0 258,639 28,639 11,139 7,264 4,639 3,689 2,914 1,450 950 94 25

16.5 129,319 14,319 5,569 3,632 2,319 1,844 1,457 725 475 47 13

22.0 64,660 7,160 2,785 1,816 1,160 922 728 363 238 23 6

27.5 32,330 3,580 1,392 908 580 461 364 181 119 12 3

33.0 8,353 1,165 501 337 236 199 170 91 59 6 2

38.5 4,176 583 251 169 117 100 85 45 30 3 1

44.0 2,088 291 125 84 59 50 42 23 15 1 0

49.5 1,044 145 62 42 30 25 22 11 7 1 0

55.0 522 73 31 21 14 13 11 6 4 0 0

60.5 261 37 16 11 8 6 5 3 2 0 0

66.0 69 18 7 5 3 3 2 1 1 0 0

71.5 35 6 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0

77.0 17 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0

82.5 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

88.0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

93.5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

99.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

104.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


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100 KT SURFACE BURST Dist. GZ MSD 0.5 MI 0.6 MI 0.7 MI 0.8 MI 0.9 MI 1 MI 10 MI 25 MI 50 MI 100

MI 110.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

115.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

121.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PRINCIPLES OF PROTECTION, The US Handbook of NBC Weapons Fundamentals and Shelter Engineering Design Standards, 6th edition, 2013, Walton McCarthy M.E. Brown Books.

Effects Rems

50% Lethal 200-450

radiation sickness 50-200

blood effect 25-50

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Bomb Shelter Installation Rights U.S. citizens have a legal right to install a shelter. Under the second amendment of

the United States Constitution, U.S. citizens are guaranteed the right to bear arms to

provide protection in life threatening situations. Tornadoes, earthquakes, nuclear,

biological, and chemical warfare fall under this amendment as life threatening forces.

A disaster shelter falls under this classification as a defensive arm. The NORAD S

shelters are considered a temporary structure that can be unbolted and redeployed to

another location.

Bomb Shelter Warranty NORAD SHELTER SYSTEMS LLC® Warranties that the structural parts of

the NORAD S-Series Bomb Shelter will not fail for 30, 40, or 50 years provided that 1)

the shelter is properly assembled and backfilled, 2) the shelter is not exposed to

excessive overpressure, 3) The structural parts of the shelter are not modified. 4) the

shelter is maintained in compliance to the NORAD S SERIES SHELTER SYSTEMS’s

Operator’s Manual 5) No structures are built over or near the shelter without a written

approval from NORAD SHELTER SYSTEMS based on engineering requirements.

NORAD SHELTER SYSTEMS is continuously improving its designs and therefore

reserves the right to change any specification without notice. We shall not be liable for

any indirect or consequential damages, labor, or installation costs for any claim.

GENERAL SEQUENCE OF OPERATIONS

1. The customer signs a Sales Agreement with NORAD SHELTER SYSTEMS LLC® to

manufacture and deliver the shelter system.

2. The customer hires a contractor to dig a hole according to the supplied excavation

plan. If the shelter is installed in a flood zone, the shelter should be installed by

berming so the hatch is at least one foot above the 100-year flood plain or storm


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surge. Berming can also be used if the shelter is installed in a location which has

ledge.

3. The shelter sections are shipped to the job sight. All of the NORAD S SERIES

SHELTERS are legal in width, length, and height and do not require overdimension

permits.

4. The steel sections are craned into place.

5. The shelter sections are bolted and gasketed together.

6. The entranceway and emergency escape are lifted onto the end walls and bolted

with gaskets.

7. The corrosion protection system is connected

8. The shelter is partially backfilled.

9. The external air ducts and air manifolds are installed

10. The septic system is installed.

11. The well is connected

12. The shelter final backfilled is completed.

13. The ground around the shelter is rough graded.

14. Fuel is delivered to the shelter if gen option is chosen

15. The internal walls are erected.

16. The electric and plumbing are completed.

17. NORAD SHELTER SYSTEMS supervisor will run through Alpha trials with customer.


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BOMB SHELTER EMERGENCY ESCAPE

In the event that heavy debris falls on the hatch cover and the radios are not able to

bring help to clear the hatch, emergency escape procedures can be implemented. The

NORAD S-Series bomb shelter uses a manually operated mechanical jack to force the

hatch open. The 18 inch long handle will require 50 lbs. downward force to generate

16,000 pounds of uplifting force.

BOMB SHELTER HATCH EXTERIOR AND LOCK

The NORAD S-Series bomb shelter hatch opens from the outside with a special

mechanical key that cannot be made from a locksmith. When the shelter is unoccupied,

a mechanical hasp and padlock is used. When the shelter is entered, the hasp and

padlock are taken into the shelter. When inside the shelter, the hatch can be closed by

turning a dog lever and inserting a locking pin. The hatch cover is designed to resist 5

PSI negative pressure (5,000 lbs.) of uplifting force caused by the negative pressure of

a tornado or explosion and 40 PSI (20,000 lbs.) of overpressure. The average time it

takes for untrained or inexperienced people to enter the shelter is approximately 5-10

seconds per person.

Connectors Join Emergency Shelters to Homes, Office Buildings, Hospitals and Other Emergency Shelters

Emergency shelters join to other emergency shelters and to existing structures using

NORAD Connector tunnels. A connector port with a seismic joint is standard on end

walls in both Military and Civilian underground emergency shelter models. Each shelter

has two end walls. Each end wall will be configured as a closed port, a hatch and

entranceway, or as a Connector tunnel to another structure.


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Using Bomb Shelters, People Can Be Prepared for

Nuclear War "Between 2000 and 2010, presidents of the United States have signed 612 major disaster declarations for territories in the United States. This has averaged more than five major disasters each month, affecting many thousands of people who were unfamiliar with and/or unprepared for disasters." Walton McCarthy, M.E., The Principles of Protection




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