The frontiersman., 1958-01-30

1 plONIASo q O10I " 1AAI AVA 1F0~N$@ I rlon operations in the 10 districts which comprise the Anchorage Civil Defense Region is now in effect, it was announced this week by Ed Fortier, Acting Ter ritorial CD director.
 Effective for the area extend ing from Paxson and Valdez to Homer and Seward, the regional directive is designed for tactical (short warning) evacuation, but can be adapted for strategic Qonger warning) operations, ac- cording to Fortier.
 Tn preparation for more than a year, many parts of the directive have been tested in both actual and control center exercises. Last spring it was reviewed in rough draft form by key CD leaders, federal and territorial agencies, military commands concerned and the Federal CD Administra~ ton.
 "The official directive now be- ing distributed contains charges recommended by reviewing az encies, including district and area directors and service chiefs -the men and women on the firing line in time of emergency" For tier said.
 The evacuation directive divid- es the region which includes about half of Alaska's population into three operational sectors northern, central and southern.
 The Seward, Girdwood- Port age, Kenai, Ninilchik and Homer districts comprise the southern sector with headquarters at Gird- wood The Greater Anchorage l target complex is the central sec tor and Chugiak, Palmer. Glen allen and Valdez districts make up the northern sector with head quarters al Palmer.
 1 Given advance warning of at- Itack, districts to be evacuated are i the entire Greater Anchorage dis trict and the Eagle River area of the Greater Chugiak CD district Greater Anchorage residents and on-base Elmendorf military de- pendents will evacuate to IT re ception areas in the southern. sec E=tor, with Seward Bartlett being the principal centers. Eagle River [ residents will move into the nor thern areas of the Greater Gnu giak district.
 The Greater Palmer district will serve as principal safehaven for Fort Richardson's on-base military dependents. in accor- dance with present military plans.
 Regional headquarters is de signated as Rabbit Creek with Greater Anchorage director George Shannon becoming alter nate regional director and most of the Greater Anchorage service chiefs moving up to regional op- erations once tactical evacuation is ordered.
 District and area plans which implement the regional directive are in various. stages of develop ment, according to Fortier.
 Tn both the northern and southern sectors, district and area CD officials are demonstrating the true Alaskan spirit III plan- ming how they will assist survi- val of civilian and military de- pendent evacuees from Greater Anchorage, Elmendorf and Fort Richardson, Fortier said.
 Volunteer leaders both north and south of Anchorage have and are devoting many hours to haul ing and storing essential supplies which are being stockpiled for evacuees in event of emergency. '"
 The territorial director said the next big step is to improve readiness of Greater Anchorage residents to evacuate just as re- ception areas are improving their ability to care for evacuees.
 ''In last summers Operation Alert mock losses in thousands of Anchorage lives could be At- tributed to ignorance and nis- understandings Fortier said. We cant expect to save the maxi mum number of lives without ex- blaming all phases of evacuation to Greater Anchorage residents This shortcoming is now being remedied by District Director George Shannon and the regiona office with preparation of an em- ergency instruction pamphlet 1 Once reviewed and approved by l AZ I 1T