Milford chronicle., 1953-05-15
State Fire Radio Net
york Formally Opened
By Coz. BOggs
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OF the State Department Of Civil
Defense" He said that "tbroueb
this sound approach we find mat
we have something concrete. some
Lhlng which will be beneficial to
every citizen in the state"
Nay Bring Rate Dron
FURTHER, Governor Bop
pointed out, cit may prove q preat
Valhe IN another direction. II (tbe
hetWorkl could be the asset which
eventually may give us lower fire
insurance rates. If that is accom-
pnshed in itself, the investment
VIII 'have been worthwhile Tbo
protection which we will p,SioI,
from fire and disaster, will bacor1o
an additional bonus" INV
Governor BOggs also pleaded for
support of the whole Civil Defonso.
program in the state by sayine
would be remiss in nv duties
as your Governor if 1 were NOT 70
make a strong appeal to everyone
Ilstenlng to me today for continued
support for our Civil Defense pro
gram. This is but one of the nre-
cautions We must take for ony
eventuality we may encounter
Ihere are many other facets to
civil defense. ~
unfortunately, there is some
apathy, and not all groups answer
a call to duty as do our voIuntoar
Ilremen. May take this opp0rtnn-
lCy' 10 remind civic organizations.
patriotic and veterans groups ard
al others organized for the good
OF their fellOwmen as well as indi-
Vlduals, that they can make a great
contribution to their state nv VOL
unt9ering their services for some
phaSe OF our civil defense program.
America must remain strong So
long as there is a single threat to
our way of life anywhere in the
world. The United States of Amer
lea is only as strong as it's com
ponent parts. We can have the
greatest Armed Forces in the world
best trained-best equipped-best
fed-but should an attack ever no
made on our homeland, our civilian
population must be as well prepar-
ed and trained for such an emer-
'gency.
We are taking these precautions
not because we are alarmists. We
are taking them because, 1 believe
II is the only hard-headed. busi-
nesslike thing to do.
To-day we stand at the threshold
of preparedness in Delaware. The
initial steps have been taken. With
the fire communications network
ready for service, we can turn our
thoughts now to those other facets
which need attention.
Il feel sure that the citizens of
Delaware will back our Department
OF civil Defense-and that we shall
continue to be first in prepared-
ness, as we have been first in so
many worthwhile endeavors in Our
history" the chief executive con-
cluded.
Others at Dover
Present in the Dover Fire Station
with Governor Boggs were John
Bambereger, Sr., president of the
State Volunteer Firemen's Associa-
tion, who had called on all SO mem
bers to report to. the network. Also
standing by were Colonel Lee,
Thomas e. Baker, chairman of the
central communication committee
and 1t. Samuel Slant, chief of the
Civil Defense communications divi-
sion.
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Colonel Lee later pointed out that
SO fire companies were provided
with one receiver-transmitter. This
was attached to a piece of equip
ment by members of the National
Guard Radio Repair Shops. How
ever, he said many of the COM
.panies liked the idea and were so
impressed with the General Elec-
trio Company equipment, that other
receiver transmitters have been
purchased independently. He said
that nearly 100000 worth of such
equipment is now available to the
network.
The three base stations are tied
in with the central control station,
located in the recesses of an am
munitiOn storage vault at Fort Du-
POnt, now the Governor Bacon
Health Center. There is another
device attached to the system which
is capable of setting off every air
raid siren in the state simultane-
Ously, Colonel Lee said.
The fire communication system
was installed at a cost of approx
mately $4,000, with an additional
$1,000 for installation purposes.
The State of Delaware pays half
this cost. The other half comes
from matching funds provided by
the Federal Civil Defense Admins
tration which approved establish
ment of the network.
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