Milford chronicle., 1954-06-11
StGte-lOide Aid Raid
Drill Is Due June nth
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ware, Colonel Lee said.
No traffic will be halted within
tne state during the 10 minute
red" alert, but cars will be stop
ped at the Pennsylvania and New
Jersey borders from 10 to 1910
a. m. on Monday. Those states are
planning to bring all traffic with
IN thelf borders to a standstill dur
ing the alarm period.
Also, traffic entering Chester
county, Pa, will be halted between
6:zO p. m. and $3.50 p. m, Monday.
when that county will stage its
own red" alert. This means, Col
Onel Lee pointed out, that all
northbound Delaware traffic enter
ing Chester County will be halted
during that period.
Maryland is scheduled to stop all
traffic within it's boundaries he
tween 8 p. m. and sos p. m, Mon
day, Delaware state police will CO.
operate by halting traffic entering
Maryland during the eight-Rlinute
interval.
Delaware's red" alert will he
sounded instantaneOuslv nv every
air raid siren in the state. The
automatic system is touched off
by radio impulse at central head
quarters.
however, many DelaWareans will
not hear the sirens. COVerage is
sparse" in New Castle County
Colonel Lee said. In lower Della
ware there are only two air raid
sirens, one at Smyrna and the
other at Georgetown.
Delaware's role in the nation
wide exercises will be chiefly that
OF lending simulated suppOrt to
stricken states nearby, Colonel Lee
explained. However, some dam.
age and casualty incidents will or
lglnate here from simulated bomb
blasts.
The state control center, housed
IN a concrete bunker at Fort du-
Pont, near Delaware City. will ba
manned the entire "a hours nv the
director and his division chiefs.
New Castle County HEADQUARTERS
also Will be on 24-hOur duty. and
the Kent County control center
viii be activiated at least part of
the time, Colonel Lee said
Incidents in the field-cannad
reports of damage, fires and cas-
be filtered through
county CD centers to the state |
headquarters. From there, phone |
and radio nets will be ready to no. |
tlIy support units-fire companies.
pathological defense teams, police
etc.-Of emergency missions.
The state control center also will
handle requests from regional CD
10 help disaster areas in adjacent
states. 49,
Every telephone circuit out of
he state control center will he
packed up by a standby radio net
'eady to take over communications
;hannels if the phone wires fail
me radio nets will be manned nv
Delaware's ham" operators. ali
volunteers, who form the CD com
nunlcatiOn section under Lieuten-
mt Samuel II. p. Slant. chief of
ne communication division of the
tate Department of Civil Defense
State Fire Marshall Walter !
'aRue said today that the states
Z volunteer fire companies will
e actlvated from D. m. to mid
light on Monday, June IA. Mess
ges from the state control center
mere LaRue will be stationed. will
o out over the state fire radio
etwork to county stations, which
I'll alert local companies. Each
ompany has at least one mobile
adiO transmitter-receiver.
Whether or not fire engines act
ally go to the scene of the simu-
tied catastrOphies will be up to
le individual companies, but the
-tteT Will be expected to report
n the completion of their mis-
OnS. LaRua said