 Kearny's most notable work is "Nuclear War Survival Skills" (NWSS).It describes civil defense research to determine the methods for ordinary citizens to build effective expedient shelters in a short period of time.It includes "MacGyver-like" plans for the Kearny air pump (KAP), Kearny fallout meter (KFM) and blast doors designed to be published in a newspaper prior to an attack.