| Show I ll 1 Volunteers Respond To Police Fire Call a 1 Following a recent appeal from PU Public Pub Pub- JI J- J I lie lic Safety Commissioner for x volunteers to bolster depleted ranks of cit city police and fire departments as a civilian defense measure some 80 vole volI volunteers vol vol- II e I signed up and a training program program pro pro- I gram has now been started i I This is an excellent and important step toward preparedness to meet any I emergency situation in Salt Lake City Best of all it costs very little It is isI I based on the kind of volunteer citizen cooperation which is essential to an effective effective effective ef ef- ef- ef civilian defense program Of course 80 volunteers are not enough We Ve need many more than that I But the whole volunteers Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commis Commis- says will 11 be needed to provide a satisfactory auxiliary force I to back up the police and fire departments departments depart depart- I ments menta in an emergency could not be beI I trained all at once II In the event of enem enemy attack or or some other emergency situation affecting Salt Lake City the services of trained auxiliary auxiliary auxiliary iary policemen and firemen would be in in- in valuable The training program contemplates some actual experience for the voluntary policemen and firemen Commissioner has suggested one eight- eight hour shift of active duty per week for these auxiliaries which would d give them the he background they would need to do doan doan doan an effective job as volunteer policemen and firemen in a civilian defense crisis Perhaps some of the training experience ence for volunteer policemen could in include include include in- in clude downtown traffic patrol This would kill two birds with one stone stone stone- giving the auxiliary policemen the experience experience experience ex ex- in traffic control work they would need to do a good job in an emergency when signals would likely not be operating and many streets would be blocked off and at the same time helping helping helping help help- ing to relieve present downtown traffic congestion |
