CIVIL DEFENSE

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• Publication Date: February 9, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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No. NSDD 259
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WA SH1NG TO N
February 9, 1987
ER 87-0646X
MEMORANDUM FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT
THE SECRETARY OF STATE
THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
THE SECRETARY OF LABOR
THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION
THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY
THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION
THE DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
THE CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE PRESIDENT
ACTING ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR POLICY
DEVELOPMENT
CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
ADMINISTRATOR, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
ADMINISTRATOR OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
ADMINISTRATOR, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
DIRECTOR, FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
THE DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
THE CHAIRMAN, FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
THE CHAIRMAN, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
THE DIRECTOR OF SELECTIVE SERVICE
MANAGER, NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
SUBJECT: Civil Defense
The President has formally approved the attached revised
National Security Decision Directive on Civil Defense. This
NSDD is unclassified and may be released as appropriate.
Attachment
NSDD 259
Frank C. Carlucci
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 4, 1987'
NATIONAL SECURITY DECISION
DIRECTIVE NUMBER 259
U.S. CIVIL DEFENSE
It is the policy of the United States to have a civil defense
capability as an element of our overall national security
posture.
PRINCIPLES, CONCEPTS, AND OBJECTIVES
The civil defense program will continue to support all-hazard
integrated emergency management at State and local levels, to
the extent that this is consistent with and contributes to
preparedness of the Nation in the event of an attack, whether
by nuclear or non-nuclear means.
The civil defense program must be clearly communicated to the
American public.
The civil defense program will provide improved prospects for
protection of the population and resources of the Nation in
the event of nuclear attack and improved ability to deal with
any occurrence, including natural, technological, or other
emergency, which seriously degrades or seriously threatens the
national security of the United States. The program will
emphasize development of a civil defense infrastructure
capable of rapid expansion in a national security emergency.
The objective of the civil defense program will include:
(1) Population protection capabilities, with the Federal
Government providing guidance and assistance to enable State
and local governments to develop the requisite plans, systems,
and capabilities.
(2) State and local government crisis management
capabilities to effectively support the population in national
security emergencies.
(3) Information to promote a clear understanding by the
public of threats, including nuclear attack, which may affect
their localities and on actions they should take to increase
their chances of survival.
(4) Information to assist U.S. business and industry in
taking measures to protect their work forces and physical
assets in national security emergencies.
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(5) Voluntary participation by citizens and institutions
in community civil defense activities and emphasis on citizen
protective actions.
(6) Plans for sustaining survivors and for postattack
recovery.
(7) Plans which include provisions both for incremental
or gradual mobilization of civil defense capabilities in a
period of gradually increasing world tensions, and for a Civil
defense surge in an international crisis.
IMPLEMENTATION
The Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C.
App. 2251 et seq.) provides that responsibility for civil
defense is vested jointly in the Federal Government and the
States and their political subdivisions. Accordingly, the
U.S. civil defense program will be based on the following:
(1) The Federal Government will focus on guidance to the
public and to State and local governments to improve
preparedness for national security emergencies. Financial
assistance will be provided in cooperation with State and
local governments.
(2) The Federal Government will encourage States to
develop agreements to furnish mutual aid in the event of an
attack or disaster.
(3) The States have the primary responsibility for
developing their capabilities for peacetime emergencies and
share responsibility for attack preparedness. They should
support development of civil defense plans, systems, and
capabilities for themselves and their political subdivisions.
States will assure that where Federal civil defense funds and
assistance are applied to natural and technological disaster
preparedness, such use is consistent with, contributes to, and
does not detract from attack preparedness.
(4) Local governments have the primary responsibility
for developing their capabilities for peacetime emergencies
and share responsibility for attack preparedness. They should
develop under State guidance the capability to provide
protection for their citizens in all emergencies which may
affect their? communities.
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(5) Government at all levels should make information
available to citizens on threats, including nuclear attack,
which may affect their communities as a basis for individual
and family plans and preparations to improve chances of
survival.
(6) The program will utilize to the maximum extent the
existing facilities and resources of the Federal Government
and, with their consent, the facilities of States and
political subdivisions thereof, and of private sector organi-
zations and agencies.
Federal funds and assistance for all elements of the civil
defense program will be applied to develop capabilities
required for attack preparedness and other disasters having
national security implications.
Under the general policy guidance of the National Security
Council, the Federal Emergency Management Agency will have
overall responsibility for development and implementation of
civil defense programs authorized and funded under the Civil
Defense Act of 1950 as amended. The Federal Emergency
Management Agency will emphasize coordination with State
governments and their local political subdivisions, as well as
with appropriate Federal departments and agencies which are
responsible for civil defense concerns within their areas of
substantive responsibility.
This NSDD supersedes both NSDD-26, SECRET, dated February 25,
1982 and the UNCLASSIFIED version dated March 16, 1982.
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