Author: United States Office of Civil Defense

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Published: 2013-04-15

Total Pages: 58

ISBN-13: 9781484123959

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Right out of the World War 2 Archives. The preparation of the United States was the most important item on the agenda. Here you have the Handbook. It covers Air Raids, Magnesium firebombing and more...like.... Methods of Combating Incendiary Bombs, Duties as a fire watcher, Chain of command, Training the people, Oil and gasoline bombs, thermit bombs, Blackouts, gas proofing your house and more...... A must have. This book was created out of the original. To bring you good quality all of the fonts was retyped and all of the graphics and charts were kept the same. This is one of a series of civilian defense handbooks prepared by the United States Office of Civilian Defense. The purpose of each handbook is to instruct the individual enrolled civilian defense worker in his duties, and to serve as a manual for reference. The measures for safeguarding civilians against the effects of air attack, which are described in the following pages, have become a necessary part of the defensive organization of any country open to air attack. Every State and municipality should take such legal or administrative action as may be necessary to provide for the organization, direction, and training of its Decontamination Squads. F. H. LaGuardia, U. S. Director Civilian Defense. Washington, D. C. December 1941.

Download or read book A Handbook for Fire Watchers written by United States Office of Civil Defense and published by . This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Right out of the World War 2 Archives. The preparation of the United States was the most important item on the agenda. Here you have the Handbook. It covers Air Raids, Magnesium firebombing and more...like.... Methods of Combating Incendiary Bombs, Duties as a fire watcher, Chain of command, Training the people, Oil and gasoline bombs, thermit bombs, Blackouts, gas proofing your house and more...... A must have. This book was created out of the original. To bring you good quality all of the fonts was retyped and all of the graphics and charts were kept the same. This is one of a series of civilian defense handbooks prepared by the United States Office of Civilian Defense. The purpose of each handbook is to instruct the individual enrolled civilian defense worker in his duties, and to serve as a manual for reference. The measures for safeguarding civilians against the effects of air attack, which are described in the following pages, have become a necessary part of the defensive organization of any country open to air attack. Every State and municipality should take such legal or administrative action as may be necessary to provide for the organization, direction, and training of its Decontamination Squads. F. H. LaGuardia, U. S. Director Civilian Defense. Washington, D. C. December 1941.