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Civilian protection. This portable electric saw is one the useful tools carred by and powered from the emergency service truck. Here a member of a rescue squad (note the armband) is sawing through a timber to enable him to extricate a bombing victim beneath it

Allen Shellhorse farm, Tifton, Georgia, South Georgia.

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Civilian protection. This portable electric saw is one the useful tools carred by and powered from the emergency service truck. Here a member of a rescue squad (note the armband) is sawing through a timber to enable him to extricate a bombing victim beneath it

Civilian defense. Here is a portable electric power saw to cut flooring and heavy beams. It is part of the equipment of the New York City Emergency Service truck displayed in October at the civilian defense show at Madison Square Garden by the New York Police Department. This saw, which operates on 110-volt direct current generated by the truck, can be used as far as 2000 feet from the truck

Civilian defense. Here is a portable electric power saw to cut flooring and heavy beams. It is part of the equipment of the New York City Emergency Service truck displayed in October at the civilian defense show at Madison Square Garden by the New York Police Department. This saw, which operates on 110-volt direct current generated by the truck, can be used as far as 2000 feet from the truck

Civilian protection. The driver of an emergency ervice truck (his armband insignia shows him to be a member of a rescue squad) manipulates the power switches on the roof of the truck's cab. This truck is equipped to generage power for search lights, power saws, radios and other equipment

Civilian protection. The driver of an emergency ervice truck (his armband insignia shows him to be a member of a rescue squad) manipulates the power switches on the roof of the truck's cab. This truck is equipped to generage power for search lights, power saws, radios and other equipment

Civilian protection. "Watch this closely, boys, it may come in mighty handy!" An old hand at fighting fires is explaining the use of the stirrup pump to a group of volunteer auxiliary firemen just beginning the training which will make them efficient emergency workers. New improved pumps will later be available to auxiliary firemen

Civilian protection. "Watch this closely, boys, it may come in mighty handy!" An old hand at fighting fires is explaining the use of the stirrup pump to a group of volunteer auxiliary firemen just beginning the training which will make them efficient emergency workers. New improved pumps will later be available to auxiliary firemen

Civilian protection. Here's one volunteer who asks no questions. He's starting to climb into a danger area where his aid is vitally needed. He's bound for the roof of a building which has been struck by several incendiary bombs, where he will work with other volunteer auxiliary firemen to keep the damage to a minimum

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Wood workers, too, have their place in building trucks for the U.S. Army. These men are assembling brackets and metal strips to the wood bows that support a ridge pole which extends the entire length of the body and gives added strength and support to the bows

Civilian protection. This portable electric saw is one the useful tools carred by and powered from the emergency service truck. Here a member of a rescue squad (note the armband) is sawing through a timber to enable him to extricate a bombing victim beneath it

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01/01/1941
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United States. Office for Emergency Management.
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Civilian defense in the United States

O saving victim - Public domain American sheet music, 1881

Civilian protection. Fire watchers from points of vantage on roof tops and streets maintain unceasing vigilance for fallen incendiary bombs. They immediately seek to control them with equipment stored nearby

Civilian protection. An emergency unit gives first aid in the field and examines the victim of a fallen bomb. After treatment, he will be quickly evacuated to the nearest hospital or bandaged and turned over to an emergency housing unit. The "M.D." next to the caduceus on the doctor's armband indicated that he is a registered physician

Turning out a squad - New Tenderloin station

Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. Sergeant John Riley of the 25th service group getting his tools and kit at the supply trailer of the 35th service squadron

Civilian protection. Section of the report center in New York City. Large signs readily identify the operators in constant touch with the telephone, electric, gas and water services. Others are connected to emergency food and housing units and the police and fire alarm systems

Scene by Verestchagin: Moscow: French Firing squad shooting Russ.

Office of Civilian Defense worker help protect nation's capital. Nerve center of civilian defense communications. A message center keeps constantly in touch with developments throughout the city by telephone and radio. A vital part of civilian defense work is the proper handling of trouble calls, assignment of crews to troubled areas and the passing on of orders for prompt action. One operator is connected with the first aid center, one with the decontamination squad, one with the disaster unit and another with the emergency service division. Girls shown at work in the message center of central alarm system, Washington, D.C.

Civilian protection. Members of the rescue parties like this worker must be prepared to reach victims of bomb raids and fallen debris and give them emergency first aid treatment. It is not always possible to remove debris by hand, therefore, rescue workers' trucks carry equipment to enable the rescue squad to shore up masonry, cut through steel or stone, shut off broken mains or tunnel through conglomerate heaps of debris. The worker here shown is using an acetylene torch to cut away a stubborn resisting piece of expanded steel

Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. Women workers employed by a U.S. Department of Agriculture timber salvage sawmill. The main saw cutting rough boards from the logs is operated by Raymond Lathrop, sawyer, assisted by Raymond De Greenia, roller. Mr. De Greenia's wife, Dorothy, and also his brother and sister-in-law work here

A black and white photo of two women sitting in a field, North Carolina. Farm Security Administration photograph

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