Evening star., 1942-10-04

stations this week with Fire De-
partment lieutenants instructing
each areas director of training and
assistant deputy in charge of fire
watchers. After two-night course
these men will 60 back to their
areas to instruct the fire watchers
who have taken their basic courses.
Although the bulk Of the basic
training will center on various units
of the warden service, there are
thousands of volunteers in the other
services who are yet to be certified
and will have to undergo the re-
quired courses.
Instructors to be Trained.
Within the next two weeks all
basic training instructors, accord
ing to DR.. Douglass, will be called
In for sessions to go over the cur
ricula 50 that the courses will be
uniform throughout the city. In
addition, the training section will
set up a course to train additional
instructors.
To be certified. most of the vol
unteers must take one or more OF
the basic courses. Members Of the
utility repair units who do repair
work for living are exempt from
training and instruction courses, but
fire and gas defense training is
recommended. Doctors are also ex-
empt, but two hours of gas defense
are recommended.
Members of the driving corps, in
addition to the basic courses, must
also take five hours of night and
convoy driving, three hours of black
Out driving, two hours of map read
ing, five hours of minor roadside
repairs and three hours of test and
review before they may be certified.
Requirements Are Listed.
BY units here are the require
ments listed by DR.. Douglass for
"first-class rating:
Afraid wardens-Using the OCD
Handbook for Air Raid Wardens as
a textbook, wardens must be taught
the place of the warden service in
civilian protection: the relation Of
the warden to citizens and their
property; reporting incidents" and
other duties before, during and after
air raids; wardens' reports and rec
ords; equipment of warden posts;
leadership, including how" to help
citizens, how to gain their con-
fidence and forestall panic. how to
assign and delegate work and how to
inspect homes. The warden must
also prepare and submit a detailed
map Of his sector, showing its
boundaries, physical character of
each house. location Of posts, hos
pitfalls, schools and apartment
houses, fire and police stations, shell
ters and electric, gas and water
shutoff valves.
Auxiliary police-Technical train
ing under the auspices of the Fed
eral Bureau Of Investigation, War
Department civilian protection
schools, members of the regular
force and auxiliaries now trained as
instructors.
Auxiliary firemen Training of
more than so hours to fit auxiliaries
to relieve regular firemen in such
duties as driving and placing equip
ment, operating pumping units, pro-
ducing f1re streams, and rescue work.
Rescue Squad Training Continues.
Rescue squads "A continuous,
long range program under the Fire
Department, including individual.
team and combined training. IS
Emergency Food and Housing
Glass work, practical exercises and
demonstrations of the operation Of
room registry bureaus, large scale
kitchens and relevant aspects Of the
work Of welfare agencies.
Messengers-Courses In city ge-
ography, how to find designated
points under blackout conditions
and accurately receiving and deliv-
ering written and verbal messages,
Decentralization squads-Trainine
depends On equipment available, but
recommended exercises include don.