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1 - Emergency Committee draft minute book
Collapse 2 - Circulars and manual of basic training2 - Circulars and manual of basic training
Expand 1 - Civil Defence and Air Raid precaution circulars 1 - Civil Defence and Air Raid precaution circulars
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Expand 1 - Home office ARP circulars file 11 - Home office ARP circulars file 1
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1 - Storage of bleach powder
2 - Use of unmasked headlamps on service vehicles engaged on special duty
3 - Vehicle lighting0date when new regulations (masks) operate from
4 - Enforcement of light restrictions in case of householders
5 - Local stocks of Civilian Respirators
6 - Faults in Air Raid Warning Sirens
7 - Exemptions from lighting-L.N.E.R. Passenger station
8 - Exemptions from lighting (restrictions) order-sawmilling
9 - A.R.P. Equipment Bulletin No.5
10 - Taking of premises for Civil Defence Purposes
11 - Lighting restrictions order 1940
12 - Lighting restrictions with order
13 - Use of sandbags
14 - Financial Arrangements for First Aid Training
15 - A.R.P. Practice Incendiary Bombs
16 - Premises for Civil Defence Purposes: advances to meet claims
17 - Grade 1 Instructors of Voluntary Aid Societies
18 - Lighting Restrictions-Circular issued in M.P.D.
19 - Payment of Compensation for vehicles requisitioned
20 - Use of school premises for A.R.P.
21 - care and repair of respirators. Repair of Oilskin clothing
22 - A.R.P. Training Manual No.1 (New Courses)
23 - Disinfection of Respirators after withdrawal
24 - Arsine Gas
25 - Air Raid Precautions (Storage and Loan of Equipment) Regulations 1940
26 - Lighting (Restrictions) Order 1940-Variations
27 - A.R.P. Equipment Bulletin No.6
28 - Food for A.R.P. Personnel
29 - Interior lighting of public service vehicles
30 - Memo. Regarding insurance of vehicles (Regarding circular 276/1939)
31 - Traffic light signals
32 - Payments for vehicles taken from dealers for civil defence
33 - Shelters in Special Areas
34 - Insurance of vehicles purchased
35 - Inspection of Civilian Respirators
36 - Incendiary Training
37 - Allowance for Private cars and issue of petrol
38 - Stocktaking of A.R.P. Equipment
39 - Charges for Respirators lost or damaged by public
40 - A.R.P. Training Manuel No.2
41 - Lighting exemptions-Post offices Loading Points
42 - Recording and Notification of Air Raid Casualties
43 - Aids to movement of traffic
44 - Repainting Spray Detector Boards
45 - Correlation of Expenditure with Approvals
46 - Regarding lighting restrictions Order 1940
47 - Communications Exercise, 18 Mar 1940
48 - Mixture G2D
49 - Organisation of A.R.P. Services
50 - Addendum to Memo. Regarding insurance of motor vehicles
51 - Instructions to Air Raid Wardens for reporting fired
52 - A.R.P. Equipment Bulletin No.7
53 - Issue of Operation and Training Memoranda
54 - Aids to movement of traffic-expenditure
55 - Undressing of Personnel in anti-gas clothing
56 - Your Home as an Air Raid Shelter
57 - Lighting Restrictions-Use of Orchard Heaters
58 - Lighting Restrictions-black out period and lighting up times
59 - Arrangements for Mutual Support
60 - Lighting restrictions- Lights in Government Departments
61 - Lighting restrictions-use of flares at Aerodromes to assist R.A.F.
62 - Lighting restrictions-Use of torches admitting blue light
63 - Retention of items of A.R.P. Equipment by individual members
64 - A.R.P. Memo 15 Care and custody of equipment
65 - Amended reprint of Training Manual No.2
66 - School premises taken by A.R.P. purposes
67 - Additional filters for respirators
68 - Anti-gas ointment
69 - Disposal of unexploded bombs
70 - Railway lighting during raids
71 - Observational Control of Air Raids Incidents
72 - Unserviceable Respirators and oilskin garments
73 - Animals in wartime
74 - Animals in wartime
75 - Countex
76 - C.D. Respirators Mark 1 and 2 Containers Impossibility of fitting contex
77 - Batteries and bulbs for hand lamps
78 - Defective Demonstration Magnesium (Electron) Incendiary bombs
79 - Equipment for Rescue Parties
80 - Replacement of Equipment damaged during air attack
81 - Lights on trailers
82 - Fire Insurance for premises used for Civil Defence purposes
83 - Regarding lighting restrictions Order 1940 as it applies to H.M. Forces
84 - Hose for Decontamination purposes
85 - Advances in respect of pay of whole time volunteers
86 - Officially approved lantern slides
87 - Aliens in Civil Defence Services
88 - Holiday camps
89 - Delegation of powers to regional commissioners
90 - Sudden Birth in Air Raid Shelters
91 - Air Raid Warning System. Bogus Messages and co.
92 - A.R.P. Equipment bulletin No. 8
93 - Greyhounds Race meetings
94 - Detector paper (ground) for decontamination and gas officers
95 - Income Tax and Land Tax regarding premises taken for Civil Defence
96 - A.R.P. Practice Incendiary Bombs
97 - Church bells to give warning of parachutists
98 - French Nationals in Civil Defence Services
99 - Use of unlicensed vehicles for A.R.P. and A.F.S. Services
100 - Delegation of containers of respirators after use of gas
101 - Replacement of containers of respirators after use in gas
102 - First Aid Kits for Wardens
103 - Production of extra smoke from industrial works
104 - Representations upon conditions of service for Civil Defence Personnel
105 - Greyhound Race Meetings
106 - Control of noise-Ringing of Church bells regarding landing of parachutists
107 - Motor Vehicles (Control) Order. (Leaving unattended etc.)
108 - Immobilisation of unattended vehicles
109 - Book regarding Air Raids-what you must know-what you must do
110 - Defence Areas
111 - Deconstruction of clothing and protective equipment
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6 - Home security circulars
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Expand 11 - Home security circulars file 1011 - Home security circulars file 10
Expand 3 - Files of circulars from Civil Defence office of the Regional Commissioner3 - Files of circulars from Civil Defence office of the Regional Commissioner
Expand 4 - Ministry of Health circulars4 - Ministry of Health circulars
Expand 5 - Engineering circulars 5 - Engineering circulars
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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