Evening star., 1942-06-15
Defense
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sengers, auxiliary police. wardens.
auxiliary flremen. decontaminataon
and food and housing volunteers are
required to take 10 hours of first aid
Rescue squad and emergency med
ical corps members and nurses aides
volunteers must take 20 hours of
first aid
The amount of fire defense train
ing requirements vary. Staff corps.
messenger, auxiliary police. wardens,
fire watchers, demolition squads and
road crews must have three hours
Of fire defense. Rescue squads and
auxiliary firemen must have 10
hours. For the other services, it is
not required.
Drivers Requirements Set.
Gas training, which it is under
stood has had the least attention
here, is required of all the services
in varying amounts. Drivers, rescue
squads, police, wardens and the
decontamination squads must have
five hours. Food and housing
volunteers must have three and the
volunteers in the other services
must have two hours.
All services must have five hours
of general information on civilian
defense organization. and at least
two hours of practice or drill in
their speciality. Auxiliary police and
flremen, however, must have five
hours Of practice and food and hous-
ing volunteers must have 20.
In addition to the other require
ments, members of the drivers
corps must have a five-hour course
in night and convoy driving,
three-hour course in blackout driv-
ing, a twO-hour course in map read
ing and flve-hour course in minor
roadside repairs. Members of the
emergency medical corps must meet
the special standards set by OCD
and nurses aides must also have
special 80-hour Red Cross course,
as well as hospital course.
Effective Personnel Needed.
DR.. Paul A. Douglass, president
of American University. who was
made director of civilian defense
schools here May l. said the ques-
lion of training had become press
ing because of the equipment re-
quirement, but that. in any case,
the time had come to get effective
personnel for the long pull
rather than just people with good
intentions"
The original theory, he said. was
to get the manpower mobilized and
follow that up with training. The
staff, except for women wardens, is
now fairly adequate" he said, but
we have to get away from the idea
of getting everybody into the Or
ganization just to make them real
ize they are in q war. We have got
to have hitting. technically
trained protective staff"
DR.. Douglass disclosed that an
other city-wide registration of VOL
unteers was being discussed, with
police precincts the logical place"
for registration. These volunteers
would be trained to fill shortages
in various squads and civilian de-
fense areas as we'll as to replace
volunteers who cannot meet the
standards. a
$4,000 Volunteers Needed.
Mrs. Harry S. Bernton, chairman
of the Civilian Defense Volunteer
Office, said recently that 30 1000 more
volunteers were needed, among them
$4,000 women wardens and 500 for
standardization squads. Most of
the other jobs are of clerical ma
ture, since the volunteer office regis
ters workers for all phases of the
civilian defense organization
The registration DR.. Douglass Is
talking about would be particularly
for the protective services.
DR.. Douglass said he was propos-
Ing the establishment OF a first
class rating" as an impetus, now in
the service to continue their train
ing. Eventually, civilian defenders