With the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, Congress charged the FCDA with creating shelter, evacuation, and training programs that state and local governments would implement. Local governments could request federal funds for these programs …

The Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA) was organized by President Harry S. Truman on December 1, 1950, through Executive Order 10186, [1] and became an official government agency via the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 on 12 January 1951. [2]

President Harry Truman established the Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA) in 1950 after the outbreak of the Korean War. As part of the Alert America campaign, the FCDA flooded the public with some 400 million pieces of survival literature that attempted to educate and reassure people that simple civil defense procedures would protect ...

On December 1, 1950, President Harry Truman created the Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA) [EO 10186] within what was called the Office of Emergency Management (OEM), attached to the Executive Office of the President.

2019年3月26日 · By the early 1950s, schools across the United States were training students to dive under their desks and cover their heads. The now-infamous duck-and-cover drills simulated what should be done in...

2014年10月1日 · Nuclear anxiety, as crafted and perpetuated by the United States Federal Civil Defense Administration's programmes, not only informed how, and what, Americans ate in the 1950s, but also contoured their relationship with food.

2020年2月26日 · With Cold War tensions escalating in the 1950s, the threat of a Soviet nuclear attack cast a terrifying shadow over everyday American life. In schools, children learned to “ duck and cover,” diving...

In the 1950s and 60s, Nebraska was the target of Russian nuclear bombs. With SAC on our eastern border, airbases and missile bases across the state and a major ammunition dump outside of Hastings, the state would be "Ground Zero" — the aiming point — of nuclear missiles and bombers in the event of a nuclear war.

1997年1月17日 · On December 1, 1950, President Harry S. Truman formed the Federal Civil Defense Administration. As part of its initiative, the FCDA distributed pamphlets and other informational materials designed to educate and prepare Americans in the event of …

The emphasis of the FCDA in the 1950s was preparedness. While many questioned whether a nuclear war could be survived, thereby negating plans to prepare for it, we believed that we would be remiss in our responsibilities to public health if we did not prepare for it.