A technical manual for the Rescue Service / prepared by the Rescue Section, Medical Division, of the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense.

  • United States. Office of Civilian Defense. Medical Division
Date:
1943
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Credit: A technical manual for the Rescue Service / prepared by the Rescue Section, Medical Division, of the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ~ 7 . TECHNICAL MANUAL FOR THE RESCUE SERVICE extent upon the Chiefs of the Emergency Services who serve on his staff and are members of the Staff Unit of the Citizens Defense Corps. During periods of actual or practice operations the Commander, with the assistance of the Chiefs, directs the Emergency Services from a Control Center which has special communication facilities, including telephones, messengers, and often, short wave radios. Messages flow” into the Control Center from Air Raid Wardens and others in the field. The changing situation is plotted on a large wall map visible to the Commander and the Chiefs. On the basis of the information thus received, personnel and equipment of the various Emergency Services are dispatched from their stations or depots to the points of need. ; ae The Emergency Services over which the Commander of the Citizens. Defense Corps exercises control are the following: Raid Services fs) Post-raid Services Emergency Police Emergency Public Works Emergency Fire Kmergency Utilities, including . . ) vy; a . e ; = ; Air Raid Wardens (including = Water Supply Fire Guards) Emergency Welfare Rescue Kmergency Medical (including ambulances) Staff 3 The raid services will find it necessary to continue after a raid or other wartime disaster until they have completed their work. - The post-raid services do most of their essential work after a raid, although crews or squads of workers may at times be dispatched to an incident during a raid if there is need for their services. Units of the various protection services are dispatched to incidents by the chief of the service or his designated representative on duty at the Control Center, subject to the direction of the Commander or Con- troller. Because of the increasing intensity and brevity of air raid bombing (the new “saturation bombing technique”), only the mini- mum essential number of Rescue Squads will be sent from their depots to incidents during a raid. Excessive movement of civilian defense personnel through streets during a raid exposes them needlessly to danger and increases the number of casualties. The organization of the U. 8. Citizens Defense Corps and the train- ing required for membership in the Corps are governed by Regulations No. 3 (revised August 1943) issued by the Director of the U. S. Office of Civilian Defense. Regulations Nos. 1 and 2 govern, respectively, the use and method of distribution of equipment loaned to com-