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1 - Emergency Committee draft minute book
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1 - Officially approved lantern slides
2 - Operation and training memorandum No.26
3 - Lighting for use at Coke Ovens and Blast Furnaces after the Warning
4 - Supply of petrol to owners of private cars used for evacuation purposes
5 - Movement of pedestrian during Air Raid Warning
6 - The Air Raid Warning system
7 - Exempted lighting-action on receipt of an alarm
8 - Weather protective clothing for Motor Cycle Despatch Riders
9 - Option to persons registering under N.S. (Armed Forces) Acts on Jan 11th and 18th 1941 to apply for whole time service in First Aid Party services
10 - Lighting of Public Service vehicles
11 - Option to persons registering under N.S. (Armed Forces) Acts on Jan 11th and 18th 1941 to apply for whole time service in First Aid Party services
12 - Protected Accommodation for Civil Defence Personnel
13 - Waterproof Capes for Wardens, members of First Aid Units and attendants of Ambulance and Casualty cars
14 - Civil Defence (Employment) Order 1941
15 - A.R.P. Training Films
16 - Compulsory Part-time service for Civil Defence Fire Prevention
17 - Local Reserves of Civilian Respirators etc
18 - Repairs of Protective Clothing held by Government Departments
19 - Option to persons registering under N.S. (Armed Forces) Acts on Jan 11th and 18th 1941 to apply for whole time service in First Aid Party services
20 - Compulsory Part-time service for Civil Defence Fire Prevention
21 - Audible signals to denote fall of Incendiary bombs
22 - A.R.P. Equipment Bulletin No.12
23 - Consolidated Instructions on the disposal of unexploded bombs, shells and parachute mines
24 - Respirators for persons with respiratory troubles
25 - Steel Helmets for fire parties enrolled by Local Authorities
26 - Shop window display lighting and lights on stalls
27 - Use of 4 gallon petrol cans for fire fighting purposes
28 - Rates of pay of whole time paid Civil Defence Volunteers
29 - Hand lamps
30 - Arrangements made in connection with the Civil Defence duties (Exemption Tribunals) Order 1941
31 - The Air Raid Warning System. Changes of district boundaries
32 - Use of vehicles for designated services
33 - Defence Regulations 23 and 23ab
34 - The Fire Precaution (Access to premises) Order 1941
35 - Methods of dealing with incendiary bombs
36 - Air Raid damage to buildings of historic interest
37 - Field dressings for messengers
38 - Provision of bleach cream for the public as an antidote blister gas
39 - Arrangements for compensation in the event of injury or disability incurred by a student at the Home Security A.R.P. Schools
40 - Civilian Helmets for Fire Prevention personnel at Business premises
41 - Fire Prevention Bulletin
42 - Provision of cars and purchase of spare parts for cars for A.R.P. Services (other than the Emergency Fire Service)
43 - Hurricane Lamps (Ministry of Supply Pattern)
44 - Decontamination
45 - Provision of cars and purchase of spare parts for cars for A.R.P. Services (other than the Emergency Fire Service)
46 - Retention of items of A.R.P. Equipment by individual members of services
47 - Reimbursement of payment for vehicles requisitioned of hired for Civil Defence Services
48 - Persons holding more than one respirator
49 - Reserves of A.R.P. Equipment
50 - Air Raid Warning Messages
51 - A.R.P. Practice incendiary bombs
52 - Lighting for use at gas works after warnings
53 - Charts of war gases
54 - A.R.P. Equipment Bulletin No.13
55 - Fire prevention (Business Premises) Order
56 - Control of Noise (Defence Order) 1941
57 - Control of Noise (Defence Order) 1941
58 - Recovery of goods and property-organisation
59 - Disposal of buildings materials salvaged from debris
60 - Identification of objects dropped from the air
61 - Carrying of respirators
62 - Supply of Mak III Respirators Spectacles
63 - Civil Defence (Employment) Order 1941
64 - Fire Prevention arrangements at Railway Stations
65 - Pay of drivers of lorries in Rescue Parties
66 - Value of Civil Duty Respirators
67 - Communication of information about air raid damage to members of Local Authorities
68 - Stocktaking of A.R.P. Equipment
69 - Fire Prevention Standards for Trade and Industry
70 - Eligibility of Fire Watchers and Fire Bomb Fighters for A.R.P. Badge
71 - Black-out times
72 - Reserves underclothing at Cleaning Depots
73 - Personal injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1941
74 - Cost of Living Bonus for Local Authorities Staffs
75 - Duties of Local Authorities in the event of an invasion
76 - Charges for lost or damaged respirators of children
77 - Duties of Officers of Local Authorities after intensive air attack
78 - Loss of normal wages by unpaid part time Civil Defence Volunteers
79 - Use of Resuscitation Apparatus for coal-gas poisoning
80 - Rates of premium for vehicles insured under the arrangement made in A.R.P. Department Circular No. 276/1939
81 - War Damage to vehicles, equipment and stores used for Civil Defence purposes
82 - Additional Whistles for Wardens' Posts
83 - Conditions of Service of members of Civil Defence Services
84 - Air Raid casualties and damage to houses enquiries
85 - Fire Prevention Parties, compensation and steel helmets
86 - Testing and maintenance of sirens and remote control equipment
87 - Removal and Storage of household effects from houses damaged by enemy action
88 - Requisitioning of premises for a storage of property
89 - Fire Prevention in Government premises
90 - Graded pay for rank
91 - Gas Identification Service
92 - Use of sirens in A.R.P. Stations
93 - Modifications to anti-gas hand rattles
94 - Side and rear lights of motor vehicles and rear lights of pedal cycle
95 - Modifications of boundaries of certain air raid warning districts
96 - The Air Raid Warning System. Further changes of District Boundaries
97 - Interchangeability of Duties of Civil Defence Service
98 - A.R.P. Equipment Circulars and Bulletins
99 - Payment during absence on account of sickness or injury, and amendment to Appendix issued on 18 Jul 1941
100 - Meals, Accommodation and out-of-pocket expenses, etc. For persons engaged on Fire Prevention Duties
101 - Men skilled in wireless and electrical engineering engaged in whole-time service in Civil Defence
102 - Use of sandbags for dealing with incendiary bombs and other purposes
103 - Establishments and strengths of Local Civil Defence Services
104 - Civil Defence (outdoor) Messenger Service
105 - Gas Identification Service
106 - Free Railway Fares for w/t members of civil Defence Services in heavily raided areas
107 - Fire prevention (Business Premises) Order
108 - Claims by Civil Defence Personnel for payment of compensation for damage to loss of personal property sustained while on duty
109 - Uniforms etc for Civil Defence Services
110 - A.R.P. Equipment Bulletin No. 15
111 - Forms issued under the Defence Regulations
112 - Waterproof Capes for Messengers
113 - Stirrup Hand Pumps for sale
114 - Reimbursement of payment for vehicles requisitioned of hired for Civil Defence Services
115 - Provision of food or subsistence allowances for part time unpaid volunteers of the Civil Defence Service
116 - Greyhound Race Meetings
117 - Civilian helmets for workers in commercial premises and small factories
118 - War Damage to vehicles used for Civil Defence purposes
119 - Reserve Footwear at Gas cleansing centres
120 - Co-ordination of measures to deal with heavy air attacks
121 - Enrolment of Conscientious objectors for Civil Defence
122 - Mark III Respirator spectacles
123 - Incendiary leaves
124 - Fire Prevention arrangements of Local Authorities; claims for reimbursement. Memo on above
125 - Arrangements to be made for the organisation of the Fire Guard Section of the Wardens' Service in county districts
126 - Payment during absence on account of sickness or injury
127 - Method of using the telephone with a respirator is worn
128 - Fire Guard Armlets
129 - Advising the Public in the event of Invasion
130 - The Fire Precaution (Access to premises) Order 1941
131 - Overalls for persons undergoing training in fire prevention
132 - Reserve footwear at Civil Defence Cleansing Depots
133 - 1.Nomenclature of services, 2. Service badge and markings, 3. badges and rank
134 - Uniforms etc for Civil Defence Services
135 - Restoration of Communications
136 - Fitting pads for Civilian Respirators for persons with Hollow Temples etc.
137 - Public entertainments
138 - Gas Warfare
139 - Gas Warfare
140 - Civil Defence (Employment and Offences) (No.4) Order, 1941
141 - Vehicle lighting-head and read lamps
142 - Gas Warfare
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6 - Intensive bombing and invasion circulars
7 - Civil defence: Manual of basic training
Expand 3 - Air Raid Precaution and Civil Defence [correspondence] files3 - Air Raid Precaution and Civil Defence [correspondence] files
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5 - Register of air raid incidents
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