Rear and Outside Entry Stairs And Blast Doors Outside the EOC Front Entry Dormitory Communications Operations Room Radef/Operations Mayor's Office Men's Restroom Mechanical Room Air Filter System Kitchen Hallway Outside Entrance Back to Shelter Tours Main Back to Civil Defense Museum Main		Rear Building Entry Stairway and Blast Door Click All Images To See Larger. This above left photo shows the rear building entry to the EOC. The strairway is now serving as storage for a ladder and a giant paper shark. You can barely make out the shower and the steel door at the rear entry into the shelter itself at the bottom of the stairway. The entry to the shelter is on the right at the bottom through the steel door. The stairway going up to the outside blast door is to the left at the bottom of this stairway. Notice the shackles on the door to bolt the door down. The above right photo was taken looking up the rear stairway that goes up into the building. The door into the shelter is to the immediate left and the outside stairway is to the right. This photo was taken during the March 2003 tour and the ladder is still there along with the paper shark seen in the above left photo. Outside Entry Stairway and Blast Door The above left photo was taken standing in the rear door opening that goes into the EOC hallway. The silver steel door to the immediate right of the picture closes the EOC off from the stairwell. Both entry stairwells have one of these doors. I believe these doors were to shield the interior of the EOC from radioactive contamination that may have entered the stairwells. Immediately to the right just above the steel door is a decontamination shower. See photo below at bottom of page. The above right photo was taken from the stairway landing underneath the closed outside blast door. The seal on this door was leaking water into the stairway and you could see outside light coming through. One shackle that tightens the door down was in place but not completely tightened. Decontamination Shower and Door Lift Cylinder The above left photo shows the decontamination shower which is located outside the rear shelter steel door inside the back/outside entry stairwell. There is a pull chain to operate the shower hanging down behind the door. This shower was intended for use as a decontamination wash for people entering the shelter from the outside. The above right photo shows a close-up of the door lift cylinder and operating lever. Go Outside Back to the Hallway Back to EOC Main