Milford chronicle., 1954-12-31
Civil Defense Notes
Home Preparations, Warden
Division, Women Participation
BY d. Preston Lee
N e. 4 - rra - .

II and when the real thing comes.
when the sirens scream and Won
realize it's no practice drill. what
are you and your family going to
do? -
1t will be too late then for think
ing. If you have no plans. if your
children have nothing to do. no
Where to turn, the natural result.
tne only logical result will be panic
MULTIPLY your panic by the homes
IN your neighbOrhoOd, your CITY.
your state and you can begin to see
IhaC mass panic is a chain reaction
Iar more dangerous than any fission
bomb.
On what you and your family do
IN that terrOr-filled moment of at
tack and Immediately afterwards
may depend not only your lives bnt
defeat or victory for your country
For If we can get through the init
lal shock OF the attack and its i'm
mediate aftermath, we have nothing
TO fear, not even fear itself.
TO meet that test with courage
we must do our thinking now. In
deed, it might be wise for every
Tamlly to hold a little CD confer
ence and talk over lust what the
members would do in a real emer-
gency. Perhaps, silly though it NAV
sound, it would be wise to hold a
few practice drills in the home.
Certainly the head Of every fam
lly should take a few precautions
among them: either build a shelter
or select the safest area in the
nome and make sure the children
know about it; put away three
aay emergency supply of food and
water; get a CD emergency first |
aid kit and learn to use it.
another thing: Keep an AM bat /
terry operated in or near the family |
shelter area and note on it the Con- /
eirad frequencies-64O and 1910. In
an emergency, Conelrad networks
VIII pour out up-to-the-minute in
formation from CD officials to the
public everywhere in the country.
Also, someone in the family
should take a first aid course or
study the CD booklet, Emergency
Action to Save Lives" Housewives
should practice fireproof house
Keeping, learn how to prevent small
hres from becoming big ones. Help
on this can be gotten from the
pamphlet, "Firefghting for House
holders" Lastly, every family
should know the simple precau-
lions necessary against germ war
fare. These are outlined in the II
booklet What You Should Know \
About Biological Warfare If Won L
cannot obtain these pamphlets from
your local CD Office, write the Della
ware State Civil Defense Office, Del
aware avenue and Academy street.
Newark, Delaware.
A good man to get to know in
your neighbOThoOd is your air-raid
warden. He is a level-headed fell
low, who can tell you what to ex-
pect IN an emergency. He will go
over your house. advise you on the
safest shelter, help you to make
plans.
But the chances are there is no
warden in your neighborhOOd.
There are very few trained wardens
n Delaware. If there is none to
lelp you, ask your local CD direc-
or or. your city council what is be-
ng done about it.
CD's only direct contact with the
lome is through the block warden.
de must be well-knoWn and re-
ipected in his neighborhOOd. On
matters Of home defense, he is the
counselor Of every family in his
district, the source of the latest de-
ense information.
Women are needed as wardens.
They can do the job capably, and
besides, they are more likely to be
Vt home or in the neighbOrhOod
When an emergency arises than are
he men.
The state CD warden division.
lnder James V. Richardson, is
eady to train key men for local
warden units whenever they are
ormed at the county or city level.
lr. Richardson has a staff of six
instructors. 'In five nights" he
ays, I'VE can train a manor wo-
1an-in the rUdiments of the lob.
We want to train at least one man
n each district so he can instruct
.thers In that way, we can keep
standardized" And he
.ddeds TITS important work, being
warden. They will be the eyes
nd ears Of CD in an emergency"
As always in CD, the issue comes
ack to the individual. We are all
q Civil Defense. 1t is going to be
part Of our lives from now on.
Why not face up to that hard fact
nd start doing Vnnr narf2