Civil Defence

The ( U.S.) Cold War Museum  http://www.coldwar.org/museum/index.html

This museum is a charitable organization dedicated to education, preservation and research on the global, ideological and political confrontations between East and West from the end of World War II to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Among its goals are the development of a permanent Cold War Museum to preserve local and regional Cold War history with the headquarters and National Museum facility located in the Washington, DC metropolitan area and the establishment of a reference library and research center to help maintain the historical accuracy of the Cold War. Similar to the Diefenbunker, Canada’s Cold War Museum, it hopes that “by educating future generations about the fears, divisions, and dangers that the Cold War fostered, the Museum will enable visitors to reflect upon the global geopolitical climate in which many of us grew up”. The site has many interesting images and, at the bottom of its pages, links to documents and websites of particular relevance to U.S.aspects (and viewpoints) of the Cold War.

The Florida International Museum - http://www.floridamuseum.org/

In December 2000, the Florida museum opened The Cuban Missile Crisis: When the Cold War Got Hot, a 10,000 square foot exhibition which transports visitors back to the 1960s through film, design, and music. This display focuses on the tense events of October 1962 and includes over 300 articles from that period. Visitors walk through a retro living room, a kitchen, a 1962 schoolroom and a realistic fallout shelter complete with CONELRAD alert and sirens re-created for the exhibition. Also featured is a genuine Russian SA-2 missile. Throughout the exhibition, visitors follow a series of day-by-day panels and a timeline of events, realising the behind-the-scenes activities of the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962. Visited by a Diefenbunker volunteer – a really worthwhile experience.

Unités d'Instruction et d'Opération de Protection Civile de Rhône-Alpes.  http://www.uiopc.com/groupe.html

Le groupement secouriste fonctionne sur la base d'association loi (QB) 1901. Il est composé d'équipes locales de permanents et de bénévoles chargées en temps de paix ou en temps de crise de participer aux actions de protection des populations ou de participer aux secours organisés sous le contrôle des autorités publiques.  There is a wealth of public and ‘private’ civil defence organizations listed on this groups links (liens) page

Paul's Radiac Showcase at Southern Radiation.com  doesn’t have much textual information but has a wealth of pictures and label-type data on Civil Defence booklets and manuals along with a great deal of data on a huge variety of RADIAC meters (US, Canada, Russian, British, etc.).  Quite international in its coverage.  International at http://southernradiation.com/ and Canada-specific at http://southernradiation.com/canada-cd-book-index.html