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Home My WebLink AboutResolutions - 1959.06.22 - 19137OAKLAND COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE ANNUAL REPORT April 1, 1958 - April 1, 1959 To The Honorable Board of Supervisors: Your Civil Defense Committee is pleased to present the follow- ing report covering the period from April 1 9 1958 to March 31 1 1959 of Civil Defense activity in the County other than in cities of 10,000 or more population: During this period three local Directors resigned, one because of health and the others because of lack of time. They have been replaced by persons recommended by their Township Boards. Congress passed a law effective Aug. 1, 1958 combining the Federal Civil Defense Administration with the office of Defense Mobilization. The department is now called the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization and is now a part of the Executive Branch of the Government and directly under the President. Civil Defense was declared to be "primarily the responsibility of the states and their political subdivisions." The new law now states that It is the joint responsibility of federal, state and local governments. It provides for the authority of Congress to appropriate matching funds for local Civil Defense personnel and administration. To date no such funds have been appropriated. .111:11.Tholgacal Eoutpmwt The Federal Government has supplied 23 high schools in the county with radiological instrument kits for instruction in the detection and degree of radioactivity caused by the explosion of nuclear warheads so the people can be warned of the presence and danger degrees of fallout. It is hoped that this instruction will be extended to adults enrolled in the Civil Defense program. Several thousand booklets and pamphlets covering Civil Defense subjects and tornado information and safety rules were furnished by the Federal office through the Michigan Office of Civil Defense and distributed at meetings and in the different courses of instruction. School Warning_astem: After more than two years of discus- sion and proceedings the school radio warning system mentioned in our last report has been approved for Federal Matching Funds and an order has been placed with the Motorola Corp., low bidder. The base station, located in and operated by the Sheriff's Dept., will be paid for by the Oakland County Office of Civil Defense and the receiving sets will be paid for by the schools or hospitals purchas- ing same. We have assurance from the Motorola Corp. that delivery and installation will start this month, April 1959. Medical: In addition to the 200 bed Emergency Hospital equipment loaned to us for training purposes two more are now in storage at Milford and Lake Orion to be used only in case of emergency when authorized by the Office of Civil and Defense Mobil- ization. Due to the large numbers enrolled in the Emergency Medical classes in the south end of the county a portion of the training hospital was moved to Hazel Park for the convenience of those taking training there. The cities of Berkley, Birmingham, Clawson, Ferndale, Hazel Park, Madison Heights, Oak Park, Pontiac, Royal Oak, Soot'efie3d and Troy are covering the cost of rent and utilities. Te."., =a.ogeTect reduces the travel distance by using the Hazel Park fecliey instead of the Bldg. In Waterfued Township for the last four lessons of th) ecerse. We must give credit to the RegtrJ1 7e1rses who volunteered their time as ihzte.z(e.ors where clasecE \'0. held in their own communities. Classes were attended by enrollees -7 -cm 73erkley, Clawson, Farmington, Farneale, Haz ,1 Park, Huntidgee Wecds, Lake Orion, Madison Heights, NDV1 03': Park, Poneiec, hoci•ter, Southfield and Waterford. Due to the h?=xdous conditioe of toads, scheduled classes had to be re,velip)u which distu/bee our scheduling. 14 lectures and demonstrations were given on the subject "The Disaster Born Baby" to fire and police departments. The County Fee-a2th Dett, hosted conferences in September 1958 and March 1959 of medical personnel from Area 5 of the State Civil Defense organization at which meetings a medical planning organiza- tion was formed for the area. Welfare: In June, 1958 the Civil Defense section of the County Welfare Dept0 conducted an outdoor =poise for mass feeding under emergency feenditions. Here were constructed different types of outdoor stoves made of available refuse and mud and fired by the use of propane gas. In addition to beans, hot dogs and cake a well accepted soup was prepared from dehydrated foods. In conjunction with the County Board of Education, an appointed group of school superintendents from Oakland County, the Detroit Board of Education, the Detroit Civil Defense Emergency Welfare Service and County Civil Defense and Welfare Departments prepared a manual for "Civil Defense Welfare Operltions in Reception Area Schools" for the Southeastern Michigan Regional Emergency Welfare Services which has boon approved by the State and Regional Federal Civil Defense Offices. This is a pilot publication which will probably be used nationally, The plan was pit to test November 21st by the dismissal of students from Green Elementary School and the movement of students from Scotch Elementary School to Green Elementary, both West Bloom- field Township. Evacuees were simulated as having come from the city of Detroit. Representives from the state and national offices of Civil Defense as well as school people and Civil Defense people from other counties in the area attended. The exercise was declared a success and proves that the Manual as written can work. Statistics: 13 C.D. day meetings conducted - attendance 1345 34 C.D. night meetings conducted - attendance 637 Of the above meetings 8 wore on Saturday, Sunday or holiday. 2583 pieces of mail sent out. Prepared stencils for the Emergency Medical coursqo . 452,500 sheets of mimeograph paper were used to producb the texts for the Emergency Medical Course and the Manual for Civil Defense Welfare Operations in Reception Area Schools. Emergency Medical Course. approximately 700 Welfare- Mass Feeding, Lodging, Registration & Inquiry - • approximately 1,100 Auxiliary Police - 45 Auxiliary Fire - 20 Respectfully submitted Civil Defense Committee Charles E, Cardon, Chairman Forest Brendel Vance C. Fouts Margaret E. Hill J. Lawson Lockhart State and Federal Matching Funds Contributed to County Municipalities for Civil Defense to March 31, 1959 Addison Berkley0.0000.00.04000400000004000040 Birmingham.... OOOOOOOO .00 B loomfield Hills, OOOOO 40.04.00.00410 Bloomfield Brandon TWD04000,0.06.0040040.00.4406 Clawson.00000004.000.0640000000000004 Commerce Twp Hazel Park. ................. OOOOO Highland Twp Holly Twp............................ Huntington Woods040000600600000080600 I ndependence Twp.....* OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Lake Orion..........•.. OOOOO ..•Osee** Lathrup 0000b000Gewsooelies*grOe000e.e Madison 0050000000040.00400000000 Oxford Village........•..•..•......•. Pontiac City. OOOOO .................. Pontiac Twp,.........•...... OOOOO Royal Oak Royal Oak Twp........................ S outhfield Twp............. OOOOOOOOO Springfield Twp Sylvan Lake , OOOOO 040000.000000* OOOOO Troy0 0666400 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Waterford Tw _ p.•00 OOOOOOOOOOOO •se00n 660 West Bloomfield Twp5 0ettewe0ee00005i1 White Lake Twp...60060••000•000000000 Oakland County..•.................... 99.500 lo 9 o25.78 7 9 592.25 1 9 80i047 361.50 770.68 3,583'77 1 9 133.21 1 9 064.25 13 9 351081 7 9 368000 248.25 835.00 7,368.00 2,518.20 419.50 7c0.00 881.50 664.0o 1 9 685.90 18 9 388.37 407,87 1 9481.6o 65,434.23 1,241.36 11,710.54 9,537.50 9 9 367.34 744 .09 822.75 2,150.00 4 9 129.15 4o4, 50 235.53 11 9.§.2 20d .)14-05. 59 40000* OOOOO 00440000000600 Farmington City00•00000.0000000.6•40• Ferndaleo04000.440.0•00004.400.40660• 0066066e000000•0000000006 Milford VillageoSame000.66•00•460•060 Novi Twp•040000080•050050•00000008000 Oak Park0006000.00001116640-060•600649.0 Orchard Lake 0000006•40r00 OOOOO .0060 State and Federal Matching Funds received by Oakland County and municipalities to April 1 9 1959 $ 201 9 405,59 Expended by Oakland County for operation of the Civil Defense Dept. 1951 ?,706.58 1952 9,432.83 1953 8,793.47 1954 8 9 716.20 1955 14,462.06 1956 13,496.96 1957 18 9 200.36 1958 20,429.29 Jan. 1 to March 31, 1959 (4..549 .8LF $ 108.087.64