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TACDA, The American Civil Defense Association, 11576 S. State St. Suite #502, Draper, UT 84020;
Phone: 1-800-425-5397 (Toll Free)
Fax: 1-800-403-1369 (Toll Free)
TACDA was formed in the early 1960's in response to our nations reliance on atomic weaponry as a centerpiece of foreign policy following World War II, up to and including the onset of the Cold War.
During the Cold War, many feared a nuclear strike from the Soviet Union. In an attempt to protect American civilians, a civil defense campaign emphasizing the use of fallout shelters commenced.In response to the Soviet's first atomic explosion and the Korean War, the Federal Civil Defense Administration was started in 1951. American citizens now had to imagine a new kind of war, and it was the Federal Civil Defense Administration's job to encourage citizens to adapt to their nuclear present and future. Some doubted that physical protection from a nuclear explosion would be effective. Therefore, the Federal Civil Defense Administration received a small budget, and was involved in only limited construction of shelters and the publishing of publicity materials. In 1958, a report indicating the Soviet Union was nearing the nuclear arsenal held by the U.S. forced civil defense to be a priority. Spending increased. The Federal Civil Defense Administration became the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization under John F. Kennedy, who believed in and advocated civil defense. The Cuban Missile Crisis, in October of 1962, resulted in a rapid, three-month program to improve civil defense.
A Defense Department report in 1962 stated that over 112,000 fallout shelters provided possible protection for about 60 million civilians in the U.S. After the administration of John F. Kennedy, civil defense was subsequently regarded as unimportant or wasteful and again not funded adequately by the government.
The American Civil Defense Association was organized in 1962 by several individuals that recognized our country's continued need for civil defense and the importance of personal emergency and disaster preparedness. TACDA is a non-profit, non-political, 501(C)3 organization supported primarily by our members, the American public, and not the Federal Government.
Risk confidence — By thinking the unthinkable, preparedness expert is ready for emergency
by Elaine Jarvik
(Deseret Morning News) - January 28, 2007
Sharon Packer is a cheerful woman who has thought of every dismal
possibility. For example: a massive earthquake along the Wasatch Front
in the dead of winter, a nuclear bomb that explodes when you're driving
on the freeway, an electromagnetic pulse that wipes out America's
entire electrical grid.
These are not idle musings. Packer is executive director of The
American Civil Defense Association, whose headquarters were relocated
to Utah from Florida last summer. To sit down with her for a couple of
hours is to be forced not only to acknowledge that no, you yourself
don't yet have a 72-hour kit, but also to think about the most
unthinkable catastrophes and their grim ramifications — for which even
a 72-hour kit won't be enough.
Some people are risk-averse and some people are risk-takers, but Packer is something else: risk-confident.
On an impossibly beautiful winter day, with the sun glinting off
the snow in the pastures outside her house in Wasatch County, she
explains her philosophy. "Deep inside, I do think something bad is
going to happen." Then she explains herself: "I consider myself an
optimist." Then she laughs, and adds: "I'm optimistic that something
bad is going to happen — and that I can survive it."
(read the entire article)
