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ANNEX Z

OPERATIONSORDER NO. 5-54
SAFETYINSTRUCTIONS

1, PERSONNEL:
a. Unit Commanders will conduct a muster and will report thereon
to the Director of Personnel, this Headquarters by 1545 hours on H minus
1 Day. A final muster will be conducted at I] minus 1 Hour in unit work
areas in the vicinity of the ramp.
b. Personnel will be briefed on safety precautions to be ob-=
served before, during and after the shot.

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All buildings will be evacuated, except for the AOC,
(1)

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for protection against thermal radiation. Gusts of
wind and some overpressures are expected; exercise
precautions to sccure light objects nearby.

All personnel will be faced away from ground zero at
H-Hour. Personnel will not tura to view the fireboil
until at least10 seconds after burst, and will do so

then with caution.

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Long sleeve shirts and long nants are not necessary

The shock wave will travel at a rate of approximately

5+ seconds per nautical mile. Personnel will remain
at their stations to await the passage of the shock

wave, There is a possibility that more than one shock
wave will be felt. It is not anticipated that any

water wave of sufficient magnitude to damage property
will be generated. Personnel will be cautioned, nevertheless, to be prepared in the event a wave docs follow
the blast, Apvnroximately 3 minutes will elapse before .
a wave reaches ENIWETOK,
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SAFETY OF MATRRIEL AND UNIT AREAS:
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Aircraft:
(1)

ALL aircraft must be parked nose toward Ground Zero,

magnetic heading 345°, with the arca in front of aircraft carefully cleared of possible missiles.

Whecis

should be chocked, with brakes set. Parking should be
planned so that slipht shifts in position will not
cause collisions between circraft,

(2)

Gust locks should be placed on all control surfaces.

(3)

Doors, windows, hatches, bomb bay doors, etc., should

be opened and sccured in the open position, so that
there arc no sealed enclosures such as cockpits, cabins,
or bomb bays.

(4) L-13's and helicopters should be storod in tho hangar
with their wings falded and rotors stowed.

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TASK GROUP 7.4
OPRS ORDER NO. 5-54
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