Nicola Squillaci, head of Geneva's civil protection and military affairs division, said the shelters were conceived to provide protection ", especially in the case of a bombing and a nuclear attack".ĭucking into a private shelter for around 150 people, underneath a brand new residential building in the Geneva suburb of Meyrin, Squillaci pointed out how, in peacetime, it was equipped with basement storage units for the apartment dwellers above.īut unlike most storage facilities, this one comes with composting toilets, kits for quickly assembling beds, and a ventilation system that filters the air coming in from the outside. Local counties and cities were cooperative in city planning sessions to ensure that residents had designated spaces that were prepared for nuclear events.
Geneva is worst off, with only enough places for 75 per cent of its population. There were many fallout shelters created, designated, or labeled in the US by Civil Defense and other entities. The country of 8.6 million people counts nearly nine million spaces across 365,000 private and public shelters.īut while there are more than enough spots at a national level, there are vast regional differences. The wealthy Alpine country has pledged that each and every resident will have a shelter space if needed. Ukraine war: Explosions heard in Odesa as Russia appears to shift focus south and east If the underground cannot be reached, a tall apartment building at least ten miles from the blast was recommended as a good fallout shelter.
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