Civil defense
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Civil defense or civil protection is an effort to protect the citizens of a state from human-made and natural disasters. It uses the principles of emergency management: prevention, mitigation, prepara
British First World War poster, bringing attention to the threat posed by aerial bombardment from German Zeppelins
Air Raid Warden testing his equipment in Brisbane, Australia, in October 1942
Anderson shelters were widely distributed in the United Kingdom by civil defense authorities, in preparation for aerial bombardment.
Jewish Civil Defense group in Jerusalem in 1942. The group served as ARP Fire Wardens, equipped with water hoses and buckets, some wearing FW (Fire Watcher) Brodie helmets. Men are in uniform while women wear plain clothes. Composer Josef Tal stands next to the woman with a black sweater.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force is a uniformed organisation in Singapore under the Ministry of Home Affairs that provides emergency services such as firefighting, technical rescue, and emergency med
Civil defense
…is managed by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). In a few countries such as Jordan and Singapore (see Singapore Civil Defence Force), civil defense is essentially the same organization as the fire brigade. In most countries, however, civil defense is a government-managed, volunteer-staffed…
The administration office tower of HQ SCDF
Central Fire Station, built in 1909, is Singapore's oldest fire station
A Fire Bike
5th Gen LFAV