Department of Civil Defense

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Department of Civil Defense

• THE ZOMBIE MENACE

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What is a Zombie?

• Zombie (zombie, zom-bee) noun
• The body of a dead person given the semblance of
  life.
• A person whose behavior or responses are wooden
  or listless, or seemingly rote automoton.
• A reanimated corpse

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What is a Zombie?

• A zombie is NOT
• The result of black magic
• A supernatural being
• The human toolkit
• No superhuman powers

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Solanum

• The virus that creates Zombies
• Discovered in 1913 by Dr. Jan Vanderhaven
• 100 communicable, 100 fatal

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Solanum

• Neither airborne nor waterborne
• Transmission
• Direct fluidic contact
• Bite
• Or via an open wound

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Solanums Progress

• Solanum enters the body
• Solanum travels through the bloodstream to the
  brain.
• The virus enters the brain and begins replicating.

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Replication
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Symptoms

• Hour 1
• Malaise
• Pain
• Discoloration (brown-purple) of the infected area
• Immediate clotting of the wound

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Symptoms

• Hour 5
• Fever (99-103F)
• Chills
• Slight dementia
• Vomiting
• Acute joint pain

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Symptoms

• Hour 8
• Numbing of extremities and infected area
• Increased fever (103-106F)
• Increased dementia
• Loss of muscular coordination

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Symptoms

• Hour 11
• Paralysis of lower body
• Overall numbness
• Slowed heart rate

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Symptoms

• Hour 16
• Coma
• Hour 20
• Cardiac arrest
• Hours 23-24
• Reanimation

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Zombie Brain and Physiology

• No recollection of former self, life, etc.
• No reasoning skills
• No dependence on oxygen
• Integrated senses
• No capacity for tissue regeneration
• Shelf life 3 5 years
• Dependent on environment

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Zombie Brain and Physiology
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Disposing of a Zombie

• Myths
• Fire
• Removing the head
• Crosses or other religious artifacts
• Silver bullets, stakes through the heart, etc.

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Disposing of a Zombie

• ONE RULE DESTROY THE BRAIN!

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Outbreak Classification

• There are four classifications of outbreaks,
  determined by intensity
• Class I
• Class II
• Class III
• Class IV
• Classifications are cumulative

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Outbreak Classification Class I

• Most common
• Third world country or first world rural area
• Zombies 1 20
• Infected/casualties 1 50
• Typical duration 24 hours 14 days

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Outbreak Classification Class I

• Area Small
• lt 20 mile radius
• Natural boundaries often determine limits
• Response Light
• Civilian, possibly local law enforcement
• Little media attention if any at all
• Homicides and accidents

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Outbreak Classification Class II

• Urban or densely populated rural area
• Zombies 20 100
• Infected/casualties several hundred
• Typical duration varies
• Area
• Rural lt 100 miles
• Urban Several blocks

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Outbreak Classification Class II

• Response Organized
• Local, state, or possibly federal law enforcement
• Possible low-level military response
• National Guard or equivalent
• Typically noncombative role
• Medical assistance
• Logistical support
• Crowd control
• Media suppression unlikely

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Outbreak Classification Class III

• Crisis
• Zombies gt 1,000
• Infected/casualties Unknown
• Duration several months
• Area several hundred miles
• Breakdown in local/regional infrastructure
• Response Military

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Outbreak Classification Class III

• State of Emergency
• Civil unrest
• Rioting, looting, widespread panic

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Outbreak Classification Class IV

• Global
• Government collapse
• Living in an undead world

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Learn to Recognize an Outbreak

• Homicide victims, executions
• Missing persons
• Uninhabited / wilderness areas
• Search party members missing
• Violent insanity
• Attacks against friends/family without weapons
• Riots/civil disturbance without provocation
• Disease-based deaths of undetermined cause
• Rare in our industrialized world
• Above where media coverage forbidden.

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Locations to Avoid
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• Select a safe location
• Stock your safe location with 2 months of
  supplies per person.

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Suggested Reading

• DoCDs Zombie Protection What to Know and Do
  About the Undead
• The Zombie SurvivalGuide

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