| Description | Paper and correspondence concerning Air Raid Precautions and bomb damage.
Includes: stock forms and stock-take report of ARP equipment (c. 1940-1941); signed forms of receipt for unpaid and paid workers retaining ARP and first aid equipment in personal custody; records of ARP department purchases accepted by the Ministry of Home Security (c. 1941); receipts for purchases and distribution of ARP and first aid equipment from traders and the Civil Defence Department, Lancashire County Council (1938-1945); correspondence with the Air Raid Precautions Department, Lancashire County Council, regarding purchasing and distribution of equipment (1940-1944); detailed records of use, numbers and distribution of ARP and first aid equipment in the Whiston rural district; enrolment forms for ambulance drivers and ARP First Aid, with names, addresses and where stationed (c. 1940); letter from the Civil Defence Department, Lancashire County Council, regarding disposal of surplus Civil Defence Uniforms (November 1944); correspondence regarding distribution and disposal of metal stretchers (1945); information and reports regarding recent bombing raids and types of German bombs from the North Western Civil Defence Region, Manchester (1944); correspondence regarding location of rendezvous points in the district to serve rescue, decontamination, ambulance and medical services (1944); instructions on reporting procedure during bombing raids (1944); copy of Huyton-with-Roby Urban District Council's Shelter Survey report, giving a provisional assessment of existing shelters and additional shelters required. |