Show CD c Guard Personal and ami Family Survival Survival al was subject for serious study as the National Guard and Civil CivilI I Defense joined forces over the weekend The entire unit Com Company pany A of the Engineers Battalion participated in the 12 hour course taught by Civil Defense Director Burnell Haws and his assistants EACH MAr MAN was seas tEsted at the courses course's beginning to determine how much he knew about emer- emer emergency emergency gency preparedness for self family and community The guardsmen reported they knew little when the test tet was scored Aim of the course is to slim slim- III elate students to sit down and I make plans for their individual I families Mr 11 laws comment comment- commented I ed The fhe initial test breaks I down any complacency and I shows the need for study to be be- be become come truly prepared I THE COURSE was carried callied to the troops by Speed laws Haws Jay Larsen Francis Palmer I I and Loren Richens Hichens Guardsmen were taught that I Ithe the government provides train train- training ing equipment warning systems and professional per per- personnel but self sufficiency and II protection is up to the individual ual the director point pointed d out WE HELD a mock session inI I where here students participated in inthe inthe the roles of community leaders during an emergency forced to tomake tomake make serious decisions This forced the students to realize that H a community's ability to care for its own during disasters is a local responsibility in inthe inthe the hands of city and county officers The Vernal unit of the Guard Guardis is one of the first units In the state slate to participate in the Civil Defense survival course coulse Mr h Haws said I Following the course Rulon Hulon Hacking chairman of the tho Uin tah fah County Commission d deach each guardsman a certificate of completion |