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SU.fFOLK COUNTY WaR COUNC IL
Office of the Director of Civilian Protection
Griffing avenue Riverhead, New York
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November 2, 1942
TO:
FROM:
SUBJJ:>CT:
Deputy County Directors
County Director of Civilian Protection
ill Raid ~lteI!! In ~ui1!lln~ EQI Pe~estrians
The following memorandum has been received from the state Office
Of Civilian Protection for your infor,nation and compliance:
1. GEN1RAL
.In or near oongested areas, there shall be made available
in buildings, adequate marked shelters to care for pedestrians
during air raids. Shelter for 90 minutes is considered ample.
2. FUNCTIONS OF D1PUTY COuNTY DIRhCTuRS uF CIVILIaN PHOT1CTION:
assisted by engineer, police and fire department officials,
the Deputy County Director of Civilian Protection will prepare
the following surveys:
A. Determination of congested areas.
B. analysis of pedestrian truffic by day and night.
C. List of protected shelters in suitable buildings
adequate for maximum pedestrian traffic by day and night.
D. Plan for directional signs to the protected she1ters~
indicating capacity of shelters.
The Deputy County Director of Civilian Protection will formally
notify owners or custodians of buildings designated as shelters
of the arrangements necessary to make them available to the public
durins air raids, air raid drills and b1~ckouts, and of the plan
for Civilian Protection Personnel to man shelters and control
occupants Lnd of th~ plan for restoring control of buildings to
custodians.
3. D~TAILS OF SURVEYS MaDE BY D~PUTY COUNTY DIR~CTORS OF
CIVILIaN PROTECTIuN
a. Con6ested areas are those used by day or by night by
groups, including many persons living more than five
minutes distant.
B. The pedestrian traffic to be determined is the maximum
to be expected under normal conditions. Unusual as-
semblages in excess of normal congestion must be pre-
vented.
C. Determination of adequacy of structures in which to
locate protected shelters is un engineering problem.
Following specifications are desirable!
1. Large structurally framed or reinforced concrete
building several stories in height.
2. amp1<< exits.
3. Location in or within one quarter mile of congested
area.
4. Availability of large inside rooms with overhead
protection of at least thr<<e structural slabs.
5. availability of basements with ample exits and pro-
tection against flooding.
6. availability of corridors at sufficient distance
from open doors and windows.
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7. .access to drinking water ~nd toilets.
D. Uniform directional signs should be plunn"d, reading "AIR
R"ID SHELTER FOR number "
E. statement of arrangements with owners or custodians of buildings
to make shelter available, plans for adequate Civilian Protec-
tion personnel to man shelters and control occupants and pl~ns
for restoring control of b~ildings to custodians.
4.
In large cities surveys should be progressive. The more conges-
ted ar0QS should be first providod with shelturs in buildings.
.as arr~ngements are mad" for shelters, pedestrians will b" com-
pelled to us~ them during air raids, air raid drills and practice
blackouts.
5.
These instructions arc complementary to Regulations No. 9 (1942)
"Conduct of Civili~ns prior, during ~nd subsequent to adrills or
~~tti:\Ck."
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FLOYD D. HOUSTON,
Director of Civilian Protection
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SUFiOLK COUNTY VI1\.R COUllCIL
Office of th" Director of Civilian Protection
Griffing .avenue Riverhead, New York
November 2, 1942
TO:
FROM:
SUBJ.:.cT:
Deputy County Directors
County Director of Civilian Protection
~~0n~mic ~~ Qf 1elepho~
1. The following-lutter from Gov8rnor Herburt H. Luhman is
quoted for' your informCl tion ",nd com;Jli:mcu:
"D0:-er General H,-,skell;
The war has placed ~ record-breaking burden on the country's
telephone facilitios. It is important that eVeryone should cooperate
to relieve this burden and to help conserve equipment and materials
now so vital to the war effort. It is imperative that the employees
of the- State shcl11 do their part and put forth every endcClvor to keep
telephone service opon for necessary official use.
It is requested, therefore, th~t those in ~uthority place in
effeft the following rules immediately:
1. LODK disti:\~ calls shall be made only when absolutely neces-
sary and never when a telebr~m or l~tter would suffice.
2. Loc~l calls shall be m~de only for essential business.
3. ~r~onal calls shall be ~limin~t~d, ~xcept where allowed by
those in authority in cuses of extr~m~ urgency.
4. ~ll ~onversutio~ sh~ll be m~de as brief ~s possible.
Very sincerely yours,
Hurbert H. Lc.hman"
William N. Haskell
Lieutenant General
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FLOYD D. HOUSTON,
Director of Civilian Protection