Civilian defense schools [electronic resource]: a prospectus of the courses conducted by the Chemical Warfare service to train instructors for civilian defense.

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Title	Civilian defense schools [electronic resource]: a prospectus of the courses conducted by the Chemical Warfare service to train instructors for civilian defense.
Item Number	p0068
Creator (Corporate)	United States. Office of Civilian Defense.
Government Publisher	United States Office of Civilian Defense; U.S. Government Printing Office
Original Date	1941
Physical Description	13 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes	For sale by the Superintendent of Documents... Price 10 cents--cover.
Summary	Organization of the Civilian defense requires the enrollment of large numbers of civilian volunteers to augment the police and fire-fighting forces of our cities, to perform special services such as emergency feeding and housing, render first aid, and assist in rescue and repair work. These new forces must be assigned to specific duties and trained to perform them with speed and skill. Much of this training can be undertaken at once by Police and Fire officials, local doctors and engineers, and other city officials and civilians. But the possibility of air attack or organized sabotage brings in its train new problems. Adequate warning systems for the civilian population must function without the possibility of failure... To impart instruction in these matters a large corps of instructors in being specially trained. The training is being conducted by the War Department under the direction of the Chemical Warfare Service. This branch of our military service has conducted schools in gas and fire defense for the other military branches, the Marine Corps, and the Navy since 1920 and has awarded graduation certificates to nearly 3,000 officers and 500 enlisted men in that period. Because of its experience and specialized personnel, the Chemical Warfare School was assigned the task of developing an intensive two weeks' course for training of instructors. The course provides as much practical demonstration and field work as it is possible to provide.--p. 5.
Topical Terms	World War, 1939-1945.--United States. Civil defense--United States. Civil defense--Study and teaching--United States. Volunteers--Training of--United States. Emergency management--Government policy--United States.
Geographic Terms	United States--Defenses--Citizen participation. Edgewood Arsenal (Md.)
Gov Doc Classification	PR 32.4402:SCH 6
Type	Text
Digital Format	.pdf
Digital Publication Date	Available in digital format: 2001-2002
Digitization Process	Scanned as 300 dpi .jpg; converted to Adobe .pdf
SMU File Name	p0068.pdf
Digital Collection	Historic Government Publications from World War II
Library	Government Information Resources
Publisher	Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University
Rights	These files may be freely used. A high-quality version of these files may be obtained for a fee by contacting ncds@smu.edu.

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