SHELTER SIGNAGE PRE 1961

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The State of Michigan kits were also marked differently than the standard FEMA issued kits. 

Mr. Richard Law from 

Information and Technical Support Section

Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division

Michigan State Police States that......

The State of Michigan had a number of sets that were

not in the official FEMA sets.

We will start with the CD-V 777B this set was created because the early CD-V-717

were not reliable enough so we created a kit that had an extra CD-V715 in it ( this

kit was discontinued in 1988).

The CD-V 777M was issued to the Michigan Department of Agriculture this had the

CD-V720 that opened to be a crude beta detector. ( it never really worked that

well).

The CD-V777H was issued to hospitals to use in case of emergency. Hospitals started

to get their own instruments so after about 1991 or so we had less out in the field.

The CD-V 777HI was issued the Michigan Department of Highway they used this on there

trucks for checking the soil density gauges for radiation leaks and for find lost

sources. They used these instruments until I closed the shop in 1997. They purchased

new ones after that.

The CD-V 777-P was for MSP patrol cars they were no longer in use when I joined the

shop in 1986.

The CD-V 777ES was issued to fire and police departments through the counties.

The CD-V 777PP kits were issued to the counties that had nuclear power plants in them.

The only set missing on the page is the training kits these kits had instruments in

them that did not meet the + - 10% calibration standard They were in the + - 20%

range though. The dosimeters in the kits met the 10% standard though they had the 6

CD-V742 and 4 CD-V138 for dosimeters in them.

The counties and local programs decided which kits went where we issued the kits

according to population and they decided which kits went where. Mostly they kept the

kits in a central location except for the ES kits that they issued to fire

departments.