procedures, movement of personnel to shelters, and 

 during shelter occupancy itself. At least one person 

 trained in police functions should be assigned to each 

 shelter to maintain order, enforce regulations, and 

 otherwise assist the shelter manager. 



Moreover, the entire food industry is vulnerable 

 from another standpoint — possession of consumable 

 food which may be the target of looting. Local law 

 enforcement agencies will do what they can to protect 

 food supplies, but their forces may be too thinly spread 

 to meet all needs. Food companies themselves will have 



to assume the initial responsibility for protection of 

 their products as well as their facilities. Therefore, 

 plans should be made to augment plant police per- 

 sonnel and enroll them a.s auxiliaries to local law en- 

 forcement agencies. 



While other plant protective groups will share the 

 responsibility for avoiding panic through good orga- 

 nization and effective leadership, they will look to the 

 plant police to provide the authority and assistance 

 necessary to keep emergency activities proceeding 

 smoothly. 



PLANT FIRE CONTROL 



The plant needs trained personnel to handle fire and 

 decontamination problems without relying on commu- 

 nity fire departments. Demands upon municipal fire- 

 men in a damaged area are almost certain to be greater 

 than they can handle. 



Guidance from municipal fire officials regarding ac- 

 quisition of emergency equipment will be valuable. 

 The plant's emergency fire personnel should be as- 

 signed the responsibility of checking the equipment 

 periodically and keeping it in working condition. 



Firefighting is an activity in which a group of neigh- 

 boring plants can develop effective industrial mutual- 

 aid agreements for civil defense. Combining the 



emergency firefighting capabilities of a number of 

 plants will provide more protection for each of them 

 and more effective equipment at less cost per company. 



One of the best fire control methods, of course, is 

 fire prevention. The plant's emergency fire service 

 should establish a companywide fire prevention pro- 

 gram, and solicit cooperation of all employees in regu- 

 lar inspections and fire drills. Also, preventive 

 measures such as storing flammable materials in 

 underground tanks reduce the likelihood of fires. 



The responsibilities of the emergency fire service will 

 not be limited to minimizing the threat of fire and to 

 emergency firefighting. The service can be responsible 

 also for establishing fire regulations in company shel- 

 ters, and making periodic inspections of them. An 

 appropriate number of fire-trained personnel should be 

 assigned to each shelter area to prevent and control fire 

 during shelter occupancy. 



Decontamination of radioactive areas and objects 

 often can best be accomplished by use of fire equip- 

 ment and water. Consequently, the fire service also 

 should be trained and equipped to carry out this 

 function. 



FIRST AID AND MEDICAL CARE 



In an industrial disaster, prompt and efficient first 

 aid and medical attention for the injured transcends 

 any other activity except preventing the further spread 

 of the disaster. The plant first aid and medical staff 

 need a workable plan for dealing with both peacetime 

 and wartime disasters. 



The service should be organized so that its plan for 

 civil defense emergencies is merely an expansion of its 

 plan for dealing with peacetime disasters. Plants 

 which have no disaster plan would do well to provide 

 a plan for meeting peacetime disasters; then as soon 

 as possible expand it into a full-scale plan for medical 

 self-help in a national emergency. 



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