Fallout Shelters

Fallout shelters are not necessarily blast shelters and are not usually designed to protect against all weapons effects. They are designed to protect shelter occupants against gamma radiation associated with fallout. Gamma radiation is the most far reaching of any of the weapons effects. Utah Shelter Systems does not build shelters to only a fallout shelter standard, unless specifically requested to do so. Steel fallout shelters if designed to only a fallout standard, must have a minimum of 4 feet of dirt cover over the shelter body. Please note, however, that prompt gammas, are not associated with fallout and the shielding material for prompt gammas is of a different type.