Swift Current Emergency Measures Organisation records
- SCM-RG-0001-0003
- Series
- 1883-01-01 - ?
Part of City of Swift Current fonds
The fonds, related to the Swift Current Emergency Measures Organisation, was acquired by the source during its lifetime. No other information was captured at the time of transfer to the Swift Current Museum.
The content has not been professionally appraised, arranged, or described. The following is a basic listing of the unprocessed contents:
Box 1.
(folder #1) Health - Medical Supplies - General & Precis (1965 - 1966): documents pertaining to the acquisition of medical supplies by the City
(folder #2) Emergency Health St. John's Home Nursing Program #2 – Lectures (no date): notes, documents, etc. pertaining to a home nurse training program
(folder #3) Health - Casualty Simulation (1964 - 1966, 1973): documents pertaining to a causality simulation training exercise
(folder #4) Health - First Aid Course and Precis (1962 - 1968): documents re: medical supplies; training course program; booklet: Advanced Treatment Centre Operating Manual; booklet: A First Aid Station in Action; booklet: Emergency First Aid, Civil Defence
(folder #5) Health - Mortuary: empty folder
(folder #6) Health - Blood Collection - Precis & Lectures (1968): documents re: blood donation clinics
(folder #7) Health - Blood Collection - General (1970): correspondence re: blood donation; booklet: Laboratory and Blood Techniques; booklet: Blood Donor Pack
(folder #8) Health - Radiation & Special Weapons - Precis (1961 - 1963): documents pertaining to handling radioactive material; defence from radiation; radiation monitoring; lecture: Contamination Problems Arising From Radioactive Fallout; detergents for radiological decontamination; booklet: Radiation Monitoring Instructor course
(folder #9) Health - Radiation & Special Weapons - General (1963 - 1964): documents pertaining to the acquisition of three ounces of radioactive dust by Scott Caswell, Civil Defence Director; documents re: Radiac Calculator
(folder #10) Health - Department of Public Health - Sanitation (1960, 1961, 1967): "Quick Thaw" training exercise; Measures for the Safe-Handling of Food Under Conditions of Emergency and with Special Reference to Relief Feeding; plan for sanitation services; booklet: Emergency Sanitation at Home
(folder #11) Health - Public Health Measures - Precis (1966): correspondence re: Mosquito Control Program
(folder #12) Health - Public Health Measures - General (1969): Dr. Abram Krahn; Brief on Civil Defence - Central Health Committee
(folder #13) Health - Public Health Measures - Correspondence (1961 - 1963): documents re: SC Emergency Medical Services planning; Scott Caswell, Director of Welfare Services for SC Civil Defence Committee
(folder #14) Health / 200 Bed Hospital - All Correspondence (1969 - 1970): correspondence re: 200 bed emergency hospital for storage and positioning in High School gymnasium; magazine: Canadian Hospital, August 1966; floor plan of High School
(folder #15) Health - Home Nursing - Hospital Training (1963 - 1966): water safety course; home nursing training kits for home care; Hospital Experience Program For Selected Home Nursing Volunteers
(folder #16) Health - Hospital - Disaster Planning (1962 - 1966): document, Hospital Disaster Planning, Department of National Health and Welfare, 1962; document, City of SC Emergency Health Services; SC Union Hospital Disaster Plan, 1966; SC Union Hospital Fire Evacuation instructions
(folder #17) Health - Medical Supplies - Correspondence (1957 - 1958): correspondence re: supplies; Lt. Col. D.J. Burke Civil Defence Director
(folder #18) Health - Medical Pool - Veterinarian General (1962): documents: The Role of the Veterinarian in Civil Defence, Agricultural and Biological Warfare
(folder #19) Health - Medical Pool - Doctors General: empty folder
(folder #20) Health - Medical Pool - General (1965 - 1966): list of graduate nurses in SC; correspondence
(folder #21) Health - Ambulance - General & Precis: empty folder
(folder #22) Health - A.T.C. - General & Precis: booklets by Civil Defence: A First Aid Station in Action, Primary Treatment Services; documents: An Outline Covering Advanced Treatment Centre Organization and Training, Emergency Health Services; signage; Advanced Treatment Centre & Casualty Collection Unit
(folder #23) Health - Hospital - Nurse Training (1968 - 1971): list of graduate nurses in SC; list of candidates, itinerary, for Roll of the Nurse in Disaster course, 1968 - 1971; correspondence
(folder #24) Emergency Health Services (1963 - 1967): correspondence re: SC Union Hospital Disaster Plan; hospital disaster planning; documents re: SC District Emergency Health Services in case of disaster
(folder #25) Health - General Correspondence - Administration Operations (1962 - 1963, 1970): documents: Emergency Health Services, Principles of Management of Federal Emergency Health Supplies Stockpile, Municipal Emergency Health Services, Plan For The Civil Defense of SC And District; newsletter: Department of National Health and Welfare, 1970
(folder #26) Health - Hospital - Precis - Lectures (1957 - 1965): document: Mental Health Services in Civil Defence and Disaster, 1957; The Sun article about the Southwest Regional Hospital Council, 1965
(folder #27) Information - General - Correspondence (1959 - 1965): correspondence with CJFB TV about emergency training in disasters; report on Civil Defence activity in SC, 1961; media and information services in the event of an attack; spring flood preparation, 1962; communication policies in case of a disaster
(folder #28) Health - Home Nursing - Course & Precis (no dates): Provincial Civil Defence Home Nursing instructions, 1958; Home Nursing training and test; Provincial Civil Defence training
(folder #29) Information - Precis & Lectures (1957 - 1964, 1973): memo: Federal EMO Information Plan, 1963 - 1964; Public Information Officers, 1963; newsletter: SEMO News, 1973; report: SC EMO, 1963; SEMO Public Information, 1964; speech on civil defense given in SC, 1964; television script for SC civil defense, 1959; National Civil Defence Day in Canada, 1957; SC Civil Defence Organization, members; speeches on Civil Defence
(folder #30) Inventory - C.D.H.Q. (1962 - 1964): inventory of equipment at SC EMO, receipts, shipping documents, correspondence, etc.
(folder #31) Course Circulars Federal & Provincial (1959 - 1965): correspondence from SEMO,1959 - 1965, re: training courses, competitions
(folder #32) Correspondence (1974): empty folder
SEMO newsletters: August 1967, November / December 1964, April 1967, September / October 1964, June 1967
(folder #33) Exercise Aircrew #2 (1979): document: City of SC EMO Exercise and Aircrew search and rescue and casualty transport; participant list for Wilderness Survival training course, 1978
(folder #34) Untitled (1952, 1965, 1976): The Sun, March 23 1976, pg. 1-2; report to the Civil Defence Committee by Chairman of Publicity Committee J. Greenblat, May 15 1952; news copy about a storm, 1976; SC Emergency Measures Report, City of SC, Spring Flood Situation, 1965; Report on Swift Current Flood Threat Spring 1952; article re: the ability of SC to handle up to 5000 refugees in case of an emergency
(volume #1) Response to Bomb Threats, SK Government Buildings, 1972
(volume #2) SC Emergency Planning District No. 1 list of members, Government of SK Standing Operating Procedures for Peacetime Disaster, 1972
(volume #3) SEMO Municipal Activity Report, 1976
(folder #35) Information – Operations (1958 - 1970): newspaper clippings re: public apathy towards civil defense, local civil defense, EMO activities, emergency hospital, name change of Civil Defence to EMO in 1963, misc. articles, 1958 - 1970; toboggan search and rescue exercise, 1967; CJFB news copy about EMO training exercise; press release on food supplies in an emergency; photographs #1 to #4 (see list below)
(volume #4) Survival Plan of the City of Swift Current in the Province of Saskatchewan // A Reception Community, 1967
(folder #36) Photographs: #5 to #39, see list below
(folder #37) Untitled: correspondence between SC EMO and SEMO; questionnaires on methods of informing the public, road transportation, search and rescue, law and order, fire defense, welfare, heath, engineering, etc. in the event of an emergency; inventory of useable shelter space in the region
(discrete items) Building Data Sheets for Fallout Protection Survey (1972 – 1973): SC Union Hospital; SC Comprehensive High School; Bradbrooke's Rexall Drugs; Ed McKenzie Ltd.; Milne Block; Bank of Montreal; Saan Store; Royal Bank; SC Sun Building; Frontier Enterprises Building; Sask Power Office; MacLeod's Store; Bank of Nova Scotia; Carlton Apartments; Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC); Quinn's Pharmacy; Yolanda's Dress Shop; RCMP Garage; RCMP Detachment; Swift Motel; York Hotel; Polly Law Office; Cooper Store Block; SC Fire Hall; Healy Hotel; Medical Building; City Hall; Western Savings; Great Western Motors Ltd.; Standard Motors Ltd.; Central School; Provincial Geriatric Centre; Beverley Apartments; Court House; St. Michael's Church; Thompson Auto Supplies; Department of Highways and Buildings; MacDonald's Consolidated Ltd.; Macco Aluminum Products; SGT Office; Notre Dame Church, Ponteix; Canadian Agricultural Research Station
(volume #5) SEMAD (Saskatchewan Emergency Measures Air Division) training exercises, 1975
(volume #6) EMO Municipal Financial Assistance Plan Manual, 1972
(volume #7) Region Skylab Response Plan, SEMO, 1979
(volume #8) SEMAD (Saskatchewan Emergency Measures Air Division) training exercises, 1975
Box 2:
(folder #1) Untitled: newspaper clippings re: 1976 storm damage; newsletters: Saskatchewan EMO News, 1973; essay re: NORAD; pamphlet: Regional Emergency Government Headquarters; list of names of phone numbers including Council, media, City departments, etc.; Survival Planning Guide for Municipalities (partial); Canada EMO Radiation Monitors' course "Exercise Byron"; SEMO Project Tiger Lily
(folder #2) Untitled (1961 - 1965): Municipal Civil Defence / Emergency Measures Annual Progress Reports for City of SC, 1961- 1965
(folder #3) Untitled (1965 - 1972): documents and correspondence re: SC EMO financial information, 1965 - 1972; Municipal Civil Defence / Emergency Measures Annual Progress Reports for City of SC, 1966
(folder #4) Untitled (1965): documents re: flood of 1965 in SC
(folder #5) Untitled (1961 – 1966): documents re: SC EMO financial information, 1961 - 1966; receipts
(folder #6) Briefs - Civil Defense Committee (1949 – 1959): Civil Defense Organization Committee, 1949; correspondence with police department, fire department; Plans for the Civil Defense of SC and District; documents re: Accommodation Committee; summary of accommodation available in local buildings; emergency hospitals; documents re: supply committee, food and fuel; SC Civil Defense Committee Duties; Engineering Committee duties
(folder #7) Minutes (1962 – 1970): minutes of SC EMO meetings, attendance sheets; plan for accepting refugees, plans in event of an emergency
(folder #8) Correspondence (1949 – 1959): précis of SC Civil Defense Organization; damage caused by a wind storm in Wymark; general correspondence; Hungarian Refugees, 1956; assistance from Armed Forces in Civil Defense; newspaper clippings
(folder #9) Director's Conferences – SEMO (1959 – 1971): EMO Director's conferences and training course documents, 1959 – 1971
(folder #10) Course Correspondence (1959 – 1966): schedule of courses at Canadian Emergency Measures College, Arnprior, 1966 - 1967; information on available training courses; course instructions; correspondence re: training courses; Henry Biem won a High School Editorial Competition
(folder #11) Correspondence – General (1962 – 1971): between Scott Caswell, Director of SC EMO, and SEMO, City of SC, various other bodies
(folder #12) Minutes - Civil Defense Meetings (1949 – 1959): general correspondence of SC Civil Defense; minutes of Civil Defense meetings; committee duties; division of the City of SC into wards for Civil Defense Purposes; duties of the SC Police and Fire Department in time of emergency or disaster; emergency clothing in civil defense
(folder #13) Civil Defence (1951): report from G.H. Lovestone, Fire Chief; duties of various committees submitted by R.H. McClelland, George McLeod, James Aitkens, Alex Kelly, Irving Hansen, R.H. Jenner, M.H. Prescott, Howard Couch; boy's home nursing course; syllabus for Provincial Civil Defense School; Municipal Organization for Civil Defence, by Saskatchewan Civil Defence; correspondence; minutes of Council of District Court Judges annual meeting, 1951; minutes of Red Cross Disaster Services meeting; three blank disaster information cards from the Red Cross; minutes and correspondence of the Civil Defence Committee, 1951; Divisions of the City of SC for Civil Defence Purposes; Urban Physical Characteristics Study, supplement to Civil Defence Planning Manual
(folder #14) Civil Defence (1953 – 1954): correspondence, re: requisition of civilian property, with Provincial Director of Civil Defence, etc.; various blank forms and reports, Warden Report; Civil Defence Health Services Manual; report: National Organizations, Agencies and Associations in Civil Defence; participation of Boy Scouts in Civil Defence Program; report: Allocation of Volunteers to Civil Defence
(folder #15) Civilian Defence School (1952 – 1955): documents pertaining to safe driving, training of civilians, assistance of the military, training supplies; notes from Saskatchewan Civilian Defence School: communications (radio, telephone, teletype, etc.), Wardens, radiation monitoring, role of Police, Fire Department, Medical Services, rescue work, a basic speech on Civil Defence, roll of the Red Cross, among other topics; correspondence between SC and Saskatchewan Civil Defence
(folder #16) Civil Defence - Ward's Report: Plans for the Civil Defence of SC and Distict; role of medical community; Nurse Instructors course, 1955; excerpts from Civil Defence Health Services Manual for Information of First Aid Station Personnel; report, The Warden Service in SC; SC flood of 1952
(folder #17) Civil Defence Misc. (1950 – 1954): correspondence re: training exercises; duties of various committees; minutes of Civil Defence meetings, 1952, 1954; general correspondence, 1954; minutes of Civil Defence meeting, Regina, 1950
(folder #18) Minutes & Detail - 1952, Civil Defence Disaster Operation (1952 – 1953): newspaper clippings re: flood caused by Duncairn Dam, 1952; report: The Place of Civil Defence in Natural Disasters; minutes of emergency meetings of the SC Civil Defence Committee, 1952; list of individuals who attended a meeting re: damage to their property; report: proposed SC flood dykes, 1953; photo of a map of SC laid out into numbered zones (photograph #40, see list below); bulletin re: flood evacuation of "lower areas of SC", 1952; documents pertaining to flooding of the Duncairn Dam; correspondence between SC Civil Defence Committee and Capt. Milani of the Department of National Defence Army; minutes of Civil Defence Committee meetings, 1952; general correspondence, 1952 - 1953; list of selected First Aid posts; letter containing description of the aftermath of the flood in SC and Eastend; information on how to sterilize wells for drinking water; duties of Civil Defence Committees; Division of the City of SC into Wards for Civil Defence Purposes; Duncairn Dam statement by PRFA Officials; list of trucks registered in SC
(folder #19) St. John Ambulance (1954): booklet: International Civil Defence Test Exercise, 1954; decision that all radio messages are to be received by E.J. Melhoff, 1954; copies of communication, including time, sender, location of receiver, and message; North Battleford Civil Defence Organization
(folder #20) St. John Ambulance (1968 – 1973): funeral program for Tom Holt Stansfield, 1973; St. John Ambulance Submission to National Agency Review Committee, 1971; minutes of St. John Ambulance Association meeting, 1972; letter from Hoffman J. Powley, member of First Aid Services for SC EMO; list of St. John Emergency Health EMO enrollment; activities of the SC branch of St. John Ambulance, 1971; Annual Report of the SC Branch of St. John Ambulance, 1969, 1970; Executive and Members, 1968; financial information, 1971, 1972
(folder #21) Untitled (no date): floor plans of Municipal Emergency Government Headquarters (basement of SC City Hall); floor plans of SC City Hall, ground floor and second floor
(folder #22) 1986 Budget (1986): correspondence re: Councilor Stan Horner registering for 'Mayors and Elected Officials course' at Canadian Emergency Preparedness College, Arnprior; City of SC Operating Budget Document for EMO; budget for SC EMO
(envelope #1) letter re: permission to establish radio facilities, 1983; information on communication during an emergency; documents: Mutual Aid Districts // A Proposal To Saskatchewan Emergency Planners' Association, and Mutual Aid Program Application for J.E.P.P. (Joint Emergency Preparedness Program) Funding
(folder #23) Emergency Planners Association (1980 – 1986): list of names of SEMO Areas and Municipal EMO Coordinators; minutes of EMO Coordinators meeting, 1984; Saskatchewan Emergency Planners Association bylaws, 1985; minutes of Saskatchewan Emergency Planners Association meetings, General and Executive, 1984 - 1986; Saskatchewan Emergency Planners Association financial information, 1986; agenda for conference of SEMO Coordinators, 1986; Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Province of Saskatchewan to jointly formulate and cooperate in measures for emergency planning in Saskatchewan; Final Report of Urban Law Review, Recommendations Respecting the Civil Defence Act, 1980; photocopy of An Act Respecting Civil Defence and Disaster; minutes of EMO Advisory Committee meeting, 1984
(folder #24) Radio Station License Information EMO (1976, 1983): list of communication equipment of SC EMO; bills / receipts for radio station license fee, hand held two way radio, other equipment; letter re: permission to establish radio facilities, 1976; radio station licenses; application to install and operate a radio station in Canada; Particulars of Proposed Site and Radio Antenna Structures; SC EMO Search and Rescue Units
(folder #25) Dangerous Goods (1985): Dangerous Goods Newsletter, 1985; The Canada Gazette // The Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1985; suppliers of labels and placards
(folder #26) Advisory Committee EMO (1980 – 1985): correspondence, 1981 - 1984; SEMO Areas and Municipal EMO Coordinators, 1984; badge for SEMAD (Saskatchewan Emergency Measures Air Division); minutes of EMO Advisory Committee meetings, 1983; Disaster Services Act from Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1973; attendance of EMO meeting in Saskatoon, 1983; minutes of EMO Coordinators meeting, 1983; recommendations from EMO Coordinators meeting; SUMA (Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association) meeting; Province of Saskatchewan Joint Emergency Planning Program (JEPP); slide, image of a man standing next to an improvised shelter (photograph #41, see list below); document re: Fatal Motor Vehicle Accident (car accident) at Webb district, 1980; minutes of Saskatchewan Emergency Planners' Association meeting, 1985
(folder #27) Arnprior Courses Attended (1984 – 1986): Ray Horne attended 200 Bed Emergency Hospital Familiarization course, 1984; Yvonne Mohagen and Keith Dalby attended Community Emergency Planning Health, 1985; schedule of courses, 1984 - 1985; Mayor Al Rittenger attended Mayors and Elected Officials Conference, 1984; Ivor Clifton attended Plans and Operations Peace course, 1985; Donald Randall attended Community Emergency Planning, 1986
(folder #28) EMO 1984 (1978, 1983 – 1985): EMO budget information, 1983-1985; equipment purchased by SC EMO from 1962 - 1978
(folder #29) EMO 1982 (1981 - 1982): Spill Control Workshop, 1982; SC EMO budget, 1982; Municipal Project Submission, 1981 - 1982; correspondence, 1982; Schedule of Emergency Planning Courses, Arnprior, ON, 1981 - 1983; description of a toboggan rescue operation, 1982; Power Toboggan Search & Rescue Units; St. John Ambulance Brigade; claim for municipal EMO expenditures, 1982; “Thank You” to SC EMO from Jenny Hogaboam for taking her to the doctor in the winter; letter from Ray Horne re: Fire and Safety Centre, 1981
(folder #30) EMO Budget 1982 (1981 - 1984): recommendations for provincial EMOs, from SUMA (Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association), 1983; general correspondence, 1982 - 1984; Standardization of 2 1/2 Inch Fire Hose Threading for Province of Saskatchewan, 1955; City of SC Operating and Capital Expense Budget Document, for EMO, 1981
(folder #31) EMO 1981 (1979 - 1981): correspondence, 1981; expenditure claims for a training courses, equipment; EMO project breakdowns and costs; SC EMO Municipal Detailed Statement of Expenditures, 1981; Hazardous Material training course in Denver Colorado, 1981; SC EMO summary of activities, 1979; SC EMO budget, 1981; newspaper clippings; agreement between Canada and the Province of Saskatchewan re: Civil Defence Work; pamphlet: SC EMO City Evacuation Plan
(folder #32) EMO 1980 (1979 - 1980): receipts and reimbursement requests, 1980; Transportation of Dangerous Goods course, in Arnprior; correspondence re: chemical emergency suits; Operating and Capital Expense Budget Document, EMO, 1980; Claim for Municipal EMO Expenditures, 1980; SC EMO summary of activities, 1979 - 1980; activities of the SC EMO re: car accident on highway near Webb
(folder #33) 1980 (1979 - 1980): expenditure claim, 1979; correspondence re: enrollment in training courses; general correspondence, 1979 - 1980; receipts, 1979; SC EMO summary of activities, 1979; SC EMO Search and Rescue Team summary of activities, 1979
(folder #34) 1979 Expenditures (1978 - 1979): correspondence re: claiming EMO expenditures, 1979; SC EMO budget, 1979; expenditure claims, 1978 - 1979; Municipal Project Submission, 1979
(folder #35) 1979 Correspondence (1978 - 1979): correspondence re: relocation of EMO headquarters to the basement of the SC Museum, 1978; Power Toboggan Search and Rescue report; SC EMO Search and Rescue Team summary of activities, 1979; general correspondence, 1979
(folder #36) 1980 EMO Submission (1979 - 1981): SC EMO expenditure claim, 1975, 1978; Municipal Detailed Statement of Expenditure, SC EMO; correspondence re: grants, general correspondence; Claim for Municipal EMO Expenditures, 1979; Operating and Capital Expense Budget Document, EMO, 1979, 1980; SC EMO budget, 1980; information re: Dangerous Goods seminar, 1981
(folder #37) Reports & Correspondence (1977): expenditure claims, 1977; application for enrollment in SEMO training course; letter from Salvation Army Corps to SC EMO; general correspondence, 1977; Emergency Planning Canada Schedule of Courses, 1976 - 1977, Arnprior, ON; SEMO Training and Operational Circular, with training course information, 1976 - 1978; letter from SC EMO thanking Frontier City CB Radio Club for the donation of a propane heater and light; correspondence re: energy plant at the High School; handwritten report from Search and Rescue Team; correspondence re: EMO funding, 1977; resignation letter of John Yates; Grant Paulson's completion of Radiological Defence Officer's course, 1977; schedule of SEMO courses, 1976 - 1977
Box #3.
(folder #1) 1972 Project Submission (1974 - 1977): SC EMO summary of activities, 1976, 1977; equipment acquired by SC EMO, 1962 - 1974; SC EMO Statement of Expenditures, 1977
(folder #2) Correspondence 1976 (1975 - 1977): SC EMO summary of activities, 1976; copies of communication, expenditure claims, 1976; Palliser Hospital disaster and evacuation plan; Federal Study Centre Schedule of Courses, 1976, Arnprior; SEMO Training and Operational Circulars, with training course information, 1975 - 1977; applications for enrollment in the SEMO school; request to use Fairview School in the event of a disaster at the Palliser Hospital, 1976; emergency power generating equipment; temporary medical clinics; Toboggan Search and Rescue Team; Casualty Collecting Unit; document: Spring Runoff Outlook, 1976; general correspondence; folder containing information on SC EMO attendance at training courses
(folder #3) Annual Reports (1973 – 1975): SC EMO Annual Reports, 1973 - 1975
(folder #4) Correspondence (1978): general correspondence, 1978; SEMO Training and Operational Circulars, with training course information, 1978 - 1979; financial information, 1978; applications for enrollment in: the SEMO school, Wilderness Survival course, General Orientation; list of candidates for Wilderness Survival training course; application for enrollment in SC EMO Motor Toboggan Search and Rescue club
(folder #5) Inventory EMO (1974, 1976, 1985): attendance: SEMO meeting, 1985; list of equipment acquired by SC EMO from 1962 to 1976; SC EMO inventory, 1974
(album #1) SEMO Municipal Activity Reports of SC, 1972 - 1973
(folder #6) 1978 Annual Report (1977 - 1978): SC EMO financial information, 1977 - 1978; SC EMO summary of activities, 1977; activities of SC EMO Power Toboggan Search and Rescue, 1978
(envelope #1) documents: Fire Safety in Special-Care Homes; Palliser Hospital disaster and evacuation plans, fire regulations
(folder #7) EMO Truck (1984 - 1985, 1988): bill for interconnected radio system for SC and RM; map of SEMO districts; documents pertaining to a house trailer purchased to be used as a disaster site headquarters; JEPP (Joint Emergency Preparedness Program) funding; correspondence re: a study to analyze the potential roles for microcomputers in municipal and provincial EMOs, purchase of a computer, 1984 - 1985; receipts, 1988
(folder #8) Studies - Municipal (1964): survey re: municipal disaster planning; notifications of SC EMO meetings, 1964; SC EMO / Civil Defence exercises
(folder #9) Canadian College of Civil Defence, EMO, Arnprior, ON (1965): SEMO training exercise document, 1965; SC EMO training exercise "White-Out"; SC EMO training exercise "Swift Sanctuary"
(folder #10) Exercise Tornado (1973, 1976, 1978): SC EMO training exercise "Tornado", 1973 (see folder #22 below for more details); Lloydminster EMO training exercise "Big Blow", 1976; SC EMO training exercise "Aircrew", to coordinate the services of the Motor Toboggan Search and Rescue with Frontier City C.B. Radio Club and RCMP, 1978
(folder #11) Exercise - "Find Olaf" (1971): SC EMO training exercise "Find Olaf", 1971; the object of this exercise is to: a) Coordinate the services of the Motor Toboggan Search and Rescue Team with the RCMP under conditions where other means of transportation are impossible. b) Assess the capabilities of the Motor Toboggan as a vehicle for use in searching rural areas at night under adverse weather and road conditions. c) Test the Motor Toboggan Search and Rescue Team in their ability to assemble and conduct an organized search and rescue operation. d) Develop skills in search and rescue operations at night.
(folder #12) Proposed Hospital Exercises (1970 - 1971): census of hospital patients, 1970; some handwritten notes
(folder #13) Exercise - "Hot Blow" (1966): SC EMO training exercise "Hot Blow", 1966; Aim of the Exercise - to establish EMO operational policy in local disaster situations and to stimulate pre-disaster planning by Senior Officers of the Services involved.
(folder #14) Exercise - "Storm Waif" (no date): SC EMO training exercise "Storm Waif", (see folder #19 below for more details)
(folder #15) Untitled: chart, cross-referencing various services (Fire, Police, Frontiersmen, Engineering, Electrical, Public Information, Hospital, Power/Gas, Public Health, St. John Ambulance, Red Cross, Salvation Army, Department of Welfare) with a timeline, to show what time services were required to do a certain thing in the event of an emergency, likely pertaining to SC EMO training exercise "Hot Blow", 1966
(folder #16) Exercise - "Air Crew" (1978): names and addresses of participants; SC EMO training exercise "Aircrew"; the object of this exercise is to: a) Coordinate the services of the Motor Toboggan Search & Rescue teams with members of the Frontier City CB Radio Club and the RCMP in a search and rescue operation. b) Train new members of the Search and Rescue teams by working them with experienced members and familiarize all with an organized assembly. c) Assess the capabilities of the Motor Toboggan as a vehicle for use in searching rural areas and test the value of a specially developed sleigh to transport a casualty from a snowbound area. d) Familiarize all members with the assembly and use of our portable rescue shelter.
(folder #17) Exercise - "Crossroads" (1971): SC EMO training exercise "Crossroads", 1971; correspondence re: exercise; newspaper clippings; report on exercise by Stan Talbot; SC Bible Institute student list, 1971 - 1972; bylaw: To Provide for the Establishment of a Civil Defence and Disaster Organization, 1962; diagram of Crossroads exercise; the object of this exercise is to: a) Test the capability of the SC Union Hospital staff to cope with a heavy casualty load from a local disaster. b) To develop teamwork within the Emergency services of the city. c) To further the training of members of the casualty simulation class. d) To stimulate interest in the EMO among the staff and students of the SC Bible Institute. e) Exercise the local ambulance service and to assess the value and response of private vehicles in the transportation of casualties. f) Promote public interest in EMO functions.
(folder #18) Exercise - SCBI (1966): SC EMO training exercise "S.C.B.I." (Swift Current Bible Institute), 1966; correspondence re: exercise; reports on exercise by Dr. A. Krahn, City of SC; list of students participating in exercise; SC Union Hospital Disaster Plan, 1966; photographs of the exercise, taken outside the SC Bible Institute (photographs #42 - #46 in list below); the object of this exercise is to: a) Test the capability of the SC Union Hospital to cope with a heavy casualty load from a local disaster. b) To develop teamwork within the Emergency services of the city. c) To further the training of members of the casualty simulation class. d) To stimulate interest in the EMO among the staff and students of the SC Bible Institute. e) Promote public interest in EMO functions.
(folder #19) Exercise - "Storm Waif", Motor Toboggan (1970): SC EMO training exercise "Storm Waif", 1970; press release, newspaper clipping, re: exercise; the object of this exercise is to: a) Coordinate the services of the Motor Toboggan Search and Rescue Team with the RCMP under conditions where other means of transportation are impossible. b) Assess the capabilities of the Motor Toboggan as a vehicle for use in searching rural areas at night under adverse weather and road conditions. c) Test the Motor Toboggan Search and Rescue Team in their ability to assemble and conduct an organized search and rescue operation. d) Develop skills in search and rescue operations at night.
(folder #20) Exercise - "Poor Olaf" (1970): SC EMO training exercise "Poor Olaf", 1970; the object of this exercise is to: a) Coordinate the services of the Motor Toboggan Search and Rescue Team with the RCMP under conditions where other means of transportation are impossible. b) Test the Motor Toboggan Search and Rescue Team in their ability to assemble without previous notice and conduct an organized search and rescue operation. c) Assess the capabilities of the Motor Toboggan as a vehicle for use in searching rural areas and to test the value of a specially developed sleigh to transport a casualty from a snowbound area. d) Develop skills in search and rescue operations at night.
(folder #21) Exercise - "White Out" (1969): list of participants; SC EMO exercise "White Out", 1969; Power Toboggan Search and Rescue Units; information for exercise volunteers; disaster report: reactions to Hurricane Camille in Virginia, 1969; the object of this exercise is to: a) Coordinate the services of the Motor Toboggan Search and Rescue Team with the RCMP under conditions where other means of transportation are impossible. b) Assess the capabilities of the Motor Toboggan as a vehicle for use in searching rural areas and its practical use in casualty transportation under adverse weather and road conditions. c) Test the Motor Toboggan Search and Rescue Team in their ability to assemble and conduct an organized search and rescue operation.
(folder #22) Exercise Tornado (1973): SC EMO exercise, "Tornado", 1973; aim of the exercise: To establish EMO Operational Policy in local disaster situations and to stimulate pre-disaster planning by Senior Officers of the Services involved; notices of SC EMO meetings, 1972 - 1973; report on exercise by Scott Caswell
(folder #23) Exercise - Municipal (1962 - 1967): SEMO summary of Conference to Organize Municipal EMO Mutual Aid Areas, 1967; report from Civil Defence Directors' Conference, 1962; disaster training exercise about a fictional city called Apathetic; SC EMO training exercise "Quick Thaw", 1967; training exercise wherein SC becomes a reception centre for individuals from disaster-struck areas, 1962; training exercise wherein fallout from an accidental detonation in Montana contaminates SC; EMO training exercise "L- S" (Lloydminster to Swift Current), the primary aim of the exercise is to develop Municipal Emergency Operating Centre Techniques, including reception, registration and feeding of evacuees and their assignment to emergency lodgings; map illustrating potential nuclear fallout from Norheim, Montana; questionnaire on EMO in the schools; handwritten notes re: training exercises, 1963
(envelope #2) Tornado (1964, 1984): Civil Defence Handbook No. 3: Exercises and Studies, published by Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1964; map of the City of SC, n.d.; plastic wallet from SEMO, with newspaper clippings and reflective EMO badges inside; SC EMO "Tornado" exercise, 1984
(folder #24) Exercise S.E.T. (1978): SC EMO "SET" (North American Amateur Radio Simulated Emergency Test) training exercise, 1978; correspondence re: exercise; document re: correct message writing techniques
(folder #25) Correspondence - 1973 (1973): SC EMO Annual Report: summary of activities from 1972 - 1973
(folder #26) Course Application - Provincial (1960 - 1976): applications for enrollment in SEMO training courses: Community Health Planning, General Orientation, Casualty Simulation, Radiation Monitors' course, First Aid Instructor, etc., 1960 - 1976; correspondence re: training courses: Emergency Welfare Services Program Management course, Radiological Defence Officer's course, etc., 1964 - 1975; SEMO Training and Operational Circulars, with training course information, 1974 - 1975
(folder #27) Course Application - Federal (1961 - 1974): applications / correspondence re: Canadian Civil Defence College training courses in Arnprior: National Survival Organization Planning Operation, Radiological Defence, Municipal Road Transport, Study Group Concepts of Operation, Emergency Welfare Services, Analysis and Design of Fallout Protection, Casualty Simulation, Health Operations, etc. 1961 - 1968, 1974; applications / correspondence re: SEMO training courses - General Orientation, 1971
(folder #28) Course Application - Blank Forms (1957, 1973 - 1974): SEMO Training and Operational Circulars, containing information on training courses: Motor Toboggan Search and Rescue, Communications, Orientation, etc., 1973 - 1974; Canadian EM College schedule of courses, 1973 - 1974; application form for Canadian Civil Defence College training courses in Arnprior; Introduction to Civil Emergency Measures, 1957; laundry forms, recreational activities, church services, other information for students at the Canadian Emergency Measures College in Arnprior
(folder #29) Correspondence (1972 - 1975): Mayor Dyer's report to Council re: Mayor's Conference at the EM College in Arnprior, 1974; correspondence re: training courses, supplies, flood protection, EMO literature, SC EMO meeting, etc., 1972 - 1974; Canada EMO pamphlet, "Flood"; SEMO Training and Operational Circulars, training course information, 1973 - 1974; letter to homeowners re: flood protection; notices of SC EMO meetings, 1972, 1974; SC EMO expenditure claim; list of supplies provided by St. John Ambulance for an exercise, other information re: supplies; use of SEMO's Mobile All Purpose Clinic for the 1976 Saskatchewan Summer Games; general correspondence, correspondence re: training courses, conferences, 1973 – 1975; Mayor’s and Elected Officials conference in Regina, 1974; Training and Operational Circular, General Orientation Course, 1975
(folder #30) Bomb Threat (1975): pamphlet: Bomb Threat Checklist; report: Regina Police Department Bombing and Bomb Threats; Explosive Ordinance Disposal Centre #20 CFB Moose Jaw, 1975
(folder #31) Civil Defence (1951, 1959, 1961): four chapters from An Act Respecting Civil Defence and Disaster, Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, 1951; bylaw: A bylaw of the City of SC to provide for the establishment of a civil defence and disaster organization, 1961; Civil Defence Order, Government of Canada, 1959
(folder #32) Correspondence (1971 - 1972): report on SC EMO training exercise “Crossroads”; correspondence re: SC EMO training exercises, 1971 - 1972; general correspondence, re: Student Shelter Survey Program, meetings, courses, supplies and equipment, etc., 1971 - 1972; report: Fire Department Use in EMO Exercises; report: General Matters, SC EMO Visit
(folder #33) Boy Scouts of Canada EMO Policy (1962): report: Emergency Measures Organizations And the Role of the Boy Scouts of Canada, 1962
(folder #34) Communication – Telegraph – General: (empty folder)
(folder #35) Communication – Dispatch Rider – Messenger – General: (empty folder)
(folder #36) Communication – General – Correspondence: (empty folder)
(folder #37) Communication – Public Address Systems – General: (empty folder)
(folder #38) Communication – Telephone General: (empty folder)
(folder #39) Engineering – General Precis & Lectures (c. 1958): chart: City of SC Emergency Engineering Service; report: Provincial Civil Defence Training
(folder #40) Engineering – Utilities Sewer & Water Operations (1969): article: A Plan for Emergencies, from American Public Works Association Reporter, 1969
(folder #41) Engineering – Utilities Electric Power – Operations (no date): Report of S.A. Stevens on Electrical Service in Swift Current
(folder #42) Engineering – Utilities Natural Gas – Operations: (empty folder)
(folder #43) Engineering – Radiation Shielding and Survey Analysis (1962 - 1964): SC EMO Engineering Services budget, 1964; memo: Estimating Protection Factors of Residential Buildings, 1963; correspondence re: fallout shelters, 1962 – 1963; blank forms: Fallout Shelter Surveys; report: Construction of Predicted Fallout Plots
(folder #44) Engineering – General (1959): chart: SC EMO Engineering Services; correspondence with Scott Caswell re: construction, 1959; booklet: Power-Lancing with the New “Oxweld”; instructions on building walls out of sandbags
(folder #45) Engineer Fall-Out Shelter (1961 - 1962): correspondence re: construction of fallout shelters; magazine: Concrete Construction, on fallout shelters, 1962; blueprints: Erection Instructions For A Family Fallout Shelter In Basement, 1961; blueprints: Fallout Reporting Post, 1961; blueprints: Uni-Form Panels for Fallout Shelters, 1961; pamphlet: Steel Shelters for Fallout Protection; National Housing Act financial assistance for fallout shelters
(folder #46) City of SC Essential Records - Preservation Program (1970): correspondence re: preservation of city records, 1970; booklet: Guide To The Preservation of Essential Records For Provincial Governments and Likely Target Areas
(folder #47) General Orientation Course (1974): booklet: SEMO General Orientation Course, 1974; Disaster Reports: reaction to hurricane Camille in Virginia, 1969; chart: Emergency Health Services; attendance, correspondence, etc. for SC EMO General Orientation Course, 1974; documents: Survival Hints, Winter, Power Failure and You
(folder #48) Welfare - Feeding (1960 - 1966): booklet: Mobile Feeding Unit, 1960; Suggested Headquarters Food Stockpile and Costs, 1966; Food Supplies for Municipal Emergency Headquarters, 1963; reports on food requirements in an emergency, Emergency Feeding, by Emergency Welfare Services
(folder #49) Fire - General - Lectures & Precis (1956 - 1962): report: Fire Services In Civil Defence, by Chief Ray Horne, SC Fire Department, 1959; report: The Rescue Service In Civil Defence, by George Shepherd, Regina Fire Department, 1960; reports: Introduction to Fire, Classification of Fire and Extinguishers, 1957; report: Saskatchewan's Forest Fire Organization and Possible Immergent [sic] Problems that Might Arise Out of Nuclear Warfare, by F. Warburton, Department of Natural Resources, PA, 1962; report: Functions, Skills and Organization of the Rescue Service, by Canadian Civil Defence College, 1956
(folder #50) Fire - General Administration (1956 - 1958): correspondence between SC CIvil Defence and the Fire Department, 1956 - 1957; loan / purchase of water pumper for SC Civil Defence, 1958
(folder #51) Fire - General Operations (1962, 1966 - 1967): correspondence, equipment loans, re: fire team competition, 1966 - 1967; report: Civil Defence Fire Service Organization Plan for National Emergency
(folder #52) Communications - Radio, General - Commercial Nets (1962, 1974): floor plan: EOC (Emergency Operations Centre); Application for Licence to Install and Operate a Radio Station in Canada; correspondence, receipts, re: radio equipment; blank licenses to Operate A Radio Station in the Civil Defence Service; reports: Saskatchewan Civil Defence Licensing And Operation Of Civil Defence Radio Stations, Civil Government Emergency Radio Communications Within Provinces; reports on emergency communication
(folder #53) Untitled (1965): study of first 96 hours after an attack, 1965; correspondence, reports, attendance, etc. re: training exercise, "Swift Sanctuary", 1965; "Exercise Secret (DS & LC only)"; report: Action In The Event Of An Emergency, Department of Welfare, SC Regional Office; floor plan: SC EMO, basement of City Hall; minutes of SC EMO meetings, 1965; SEMO Director's Conference, 1965; newspaper clippings re: Swift Sanctuary, 1965; SEMO newsletter, November 1965
(folder #54) Health - St. John Ambulance - General (1962 - 1971): Supervisor's Safety Training course, 1968; list of graduate nurses in SC, 1971; First Aid training course participants, 1969; memo: First Aid and Home Nursing Training, 1964, 1966; attendance at First Aid courses, 1961 - 1965; report: National First Aid and Home Nursing Programmes, by Department of National Health and Welfare, 1962
(folder #55) EHS - General Plan City of SC (no date): report: City of SC Emergency Health Services
(folder #56) All Purpose Medical Clinic (1976): correspondence re: All Purpose Medical Clinic, 1976; report: SC EMO Receives Emergency Medical Clinic; supplies and equipment for medical clinic
(folder #57) Newspaper Clippings (1969 - 1983): newspaper clippings, re: SC EMO, SEMO, other EMOs
(volume #1) book: Mayors' and Elected Officials' Conference on Emergency Measures, Saskatoon, 1974
(volume #2) book: SEMO General Orientation Course, SC, 1974
(volume #3) book: SEMO SEMAD Exercise No. 2 July 13 - 14, Assiniboia, 1974
(envelope #1) photographs #47 to #70, see list below
(folder #58) Untitled (no date): many copies of a letter to homeowners from SC EMO re: flooding from Spring run-off
(folder #59) Flood Threat (1974): correspondence re: Conference of Mayors and Municipal Officials, flood threat, 1974; map: City of SC flood area, 1965; Diary of Spring Flood Run-Off, 1964 - 1965, 1974; list: names, addresses and buildings affected by flooding; minutes of Control Committee and Heads of Services of SC EMO meeting, 1974; receipt for sand bags; map: Snowpack Distribution, Saskatchewan Department of the Environment, Hydrology Branch, 1974; newspaper clippings re: SC EMO, flooding, 1974; CJFB news copy re; floods; statement re: flood compensation, 1974
Box 4.
(folder #1) Mayor Dyer Canadian Emergency Measures College (1973 - 1974): blank Peacetime Disaster Mutual Aid Agreement form; Canadian Emergency Measures College Case Study "Fireball"; Government of Alberta Peacetime Emergency & Disaster Plan, 1973; Canadian Emergency Measures College Case Study "Atlantis"; EMO Training and Operational Circular, 1973 - 1974, information about scheduled federal courses
(folder #2) Untitled (no date): documents: 'The Warden's Handbook,' 1963; 'City of Swift Current Emergency Police Service' (4 copies)
(folder #3) Industrial Engineering (1964): newsletter, 'Industrial Engineering Aid', 1964
(folder #4) Radiation Monitoring Exercise (no date): blank copies of Radiation Monitor's Exercise
(folder #5) Radef Correspondence & Training (1968 - 1969): forms of shipment, correspondence, for radiological course equipment; document: SEMO Radiological Defence; Radiation Monitoring Course Registration Forms (filled out)
(folder #6) Radef Radiation Monitor Man. (1968 - 1970): correspondence re: SEMO Radiation Monitors Course, 1968; document: SEMO Radiological Defence; Canada EMO correspondence re: Radiological Defence, 1970; blank radiation report forms
(folder #7) Rescue - General Legion of Frontiersman (1956, 1966 - 1969): Saskatchewan Oilfield Fire, First Aid and Emergency Equipment List, 1967; correspondence re: rescue of trapped personnel; list of equipment of the Legion of Frontiersman, 1966; correspondence between Legion of Frontiersman and SC EMO; illustrated Rescue Charts, Canadian Civil Defence College, Arnprior; document on rescue by Canadian Civil Defence College, 1956
(folder #8) Police - General - Administration (1960, 1966): documents: City of SC Command and Control Plan for Non-Declared Municipal Disasters; correspondence re: uniforms, training exercise 'Tocsin'; Saskatchewan Civil Defence Auxiliary Police Instructors' Guide, 1960; reports: Legal Aspects of Civil Defence, 1957
(folder #9) Untitled (1961, 1964, 1970): bylaw: A Bylaw for the City of SC to provide for the establishment of a Civil Defence and Disaster Organization, 1961; floor plan of Municipal Emergency Government Headquarters, basement of City Hall; book, Information of Preparing a Community Emergency Health Plan for Saskatchewan Hospitals, 1970; report: Time Framed Concept of Operations as a Guide to Exercise Planning, 1964
(folder #10) Personnel - General - NES Correspondence (1967): report: Concept of Operations for a National Emergency Manpower Authority and Canada Emergency Manpower Services; report: Department of Manpower and Immigrations Interim Provisional Emergency Orders and Regulations, 1967; unofficial map of National Employment Service Areas
(folder #11) Police - General - Operation (1972): correspondence re: bomb threats, 1972
(folder #12) Police - General - Lecture & Precis (1952, 1957): report: The Police Service in Civil Defence, 1957 (4 copies); report: Hamilton Police School Civilian Defence Instructors Course, 1952
(folder #13) Peace Time Disaster Planning (1967): correspondence, reports re: Peacetime Disaster Planning, 1967; peacetime disasters: power failure, health, mine disaster, transportation, explosion, dangerous gases; forest fire; urban or rural fire; earthquake; flood, etc.
(folder #14) RADEF General Planning (no date): report: City of SC Radiological Defence Service; piece of paper bearing the text "If we never need what we learn in Civil Defence we lose nothing, but if we never learn what we may need we lose everything."
(folder #15) RADEF Sask EMO Planning (1969 - 1970): report: Radiological Defence for City of SC, 1969-1970
(folder #16) Basic Casualty Simulation Course (1973): correspondence, participation list, evaluation forms, re: casualty simulation course
(folder #17) Training Air Cadets - Civil Defence Program (1963 - 1965): Training Schedule 605 RCAC Squadron; Canadian Civil Defence College Functions, Skills and Organization of the Rescue Service; SC Air Cadet Squadron Syllabus of Training, 1964-65; Air Cadets of SC Civil Defence, 1963; book: Royal Air Cadets National Survival and Civil Defence Instructors Manual
(folder #18) Rescue Course (1966 - 1967): correspondence re: Heavy Rescue Course, 1967; SC EMO equipment list; Rescue Course test
(folder #19) Saskatoon Exercise Operation Crash (no date): City of Saskatoon EMO "Operation Crash" instructions; map of the City of Saskatoon
(folder #20) Sask Civil Air Defence (1966, 1969): Commercial Flying Services in Saskatchewan, 1969; SEMO newsletter, Get your Aircraft out of Winter Mothballs, 1966
(folder #21) School Policy & Operation (1961 - 1962): documents re: EMO in SC Schools, EMO in Toronto Schools, 1961; report: EM in Collegiates and Colleges in the Regina Area, 1962
(folder #22) Supply - Administration (1961, 1963, 1965): report: Planning For A War Supplies Agency, 1961; correspondence re: War Supply Agency at SC, 1963, 1965
(folder #23) EMO Supplies In Stores (1972): handwritten list of food, supplies, 1972
(folder #24) Supply - Dept. Defence, Production - War Supply Agency (1960, 1961, 1965): report: Planning For A War Supplies Agency, 1961; correspondence re: War Supply Agency at SC, 1965; report: Provincial Civil Defence Supplies, 1960
(folder #25) Supply - General - Correspondence: empty folder
(folder #26) Supply - Operation (1959): chart, chain of command for Civil Defence supplies; report: Civil Defence Organization Committee of Supply, A.J. Wigmore Co. Ltd., 1959
(folder #27) Student Summer Employment (1973): newspaper clipping, correspondence, job description, re: student employment, 1973; students are Cheryl Clary, Dwight Dirkson, Bonnie Baird
(folder #28) Building Survey Shielding (1972): New Buildings Surveyed For Potential Fallout Shelter Protection, 1972; Bi-Weekly Pay Period, 1972
(folder #29) Training - Precis Index (1960 - 1961): list of Information and Training Material from Emergency Welfare Services, 1961; SEMO Training Development and Objectives; SEMO Preparation of a Talk; agenda for Special Civic Employees Course, 1960
(folder #30) Untitled (1966): booklet: SEMO Proposed SC Area EMO Orientation and Study Group, 1966
(folder #31) Training Films - Filmstrips - Slides (1961 - 1962): SEMO list of films, with descriptions, 1962; Canadian Civil Defence College Film Catalogue; order forms for films shown by SC EMO; Canadian Civil Defence College Film Library, 1961
(folder #32) Training T of I Precis: empty folder
(folder #33) Transportation - Administration (1959, 1964): correspondence re: Municipal Emergency Transport Services, transportation
(folder #34) Transportation - General (1964): article: Trucks Are Vital in Peace and War
(folder #35) Transportation - Operations: empty folder
(folder #36) Warden - General Administration (1959, 1963 - 1964): correspondence between SC EMO and Legion, re: Warden Service Operations, 1963 - 1964; correspondence re: Warden service in Civil Defence, 1959
(folder #37) Warden - General - Operation (1963): agenda for Warden Information Course, 1963; document on emergency zones in SC
(folder #38) Warden - General - Lecture & Precis (1951, 1961, 1963): blank form, Civil Defence Warden Household Register; documents: SEMO The Warden Service, 1963; The Warden's Handbook, 1961; Provincial Defence Training Warden Service; SEMO The Warden Service, 1961; Department of National Health and Welfare The Warden Service, 1951; Provincial Civil Defence Branch The Warden Service
(folder #39) Welfare - General - Administration (1961 - 1968): Department of Welfare Regional EWS (Emergency Welfare Services) Directors, 1966, 1968; documents: Threat and Planning Principles - Natural Disasters, 1965; Organization of Area EWS, 1967; EWS Operational Plans, 1963; EWS Visual Check Chart; report on an EMO training exercise, 1963; SC Ag & Ex Capital Assets and Depreciation Schedule, 1962; general correspondence re: EWS, 1961 - 1964
(folder #40) Welfare - General - Operations (1960 - 1961): reports: Welfare Centre's Equipment and Space Requirements; Welfare Centre Operations; Welfare Centre (2000 Evacuees) Staff Establishment (for first day's operation); booklets from EWS Division: General Welfare, 1961; Emergency Clothing, 1960
(folder #41) Welfare - General - Lecture & Precis (c. 1961): reports: Saskatchewan Department of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation EWS Branch - Purpose, Definition, Assumptions; Responsibilities and Terns of Reference; Federal, Provincial, Municipal EWS Responsibilities; Provincial Civil Defence Training - Introduction to Welfare Services; Welfare Service in a Reception Area; SEMO EWS; training course "Reception Plans"; Department of National Health and Welfare EWS; booklets from EWS Division: General Welfare, 1961; Welfare Centre (2000 evacuees) Staff Duties; Welfare Centre's Equipment and Space Requirements; Welfare Centre Operation; Welfare Centre (2000 Evacuees) Staff Establishment; EWS, 1961
(folder #42) Welfare - Clothing (1957, 1960): reports: Emergency Clothing Staff Plans and Operations Course; Provincial Civil Defence Training - Emergency Clothing, 1957; booklets from EWS Division: Emergency Clothing, 1960
(folder #43) Welfare - Lodging (1956 - 1960): reports: Civil Defence Introduction to Emergency Lodging; EWS Emergency Lodging Staff Plans and Operations Course; Provincial Civil Defence Training - Introduction to Emergency Lodging; exercises: Information on Reception Area Dwelling and Occupants; Emergency Lodging Course No. 384; blank Assessment Field Sheet; booklets from EWS Division: Emergency Lodging, 1960; reports: The Lodging Facility Card (for recording of essential information concerning facilities and the people occupying these facilities), 1956; Lodging Assignment Card (to show who the evacuee is and to give other important information about him for billeting purposes); information about code used on the cards; blank Lodging Assignment Card
(folder #44) Welfare - Centre & Managers (no dates): reports: Welfare Centre (2000 Evacuees) Staff Establishment (for first day's operation); Welfare Centre's Equipment and Space Requirements; Welfare Centre Operation
(folder #45) Welfare - Personal Service (1960 - 1961): EWS Personal Services Staff Plans and Operations Course; Provincial Civil Defence Training - Personal Services in Civil Defence ("The Personal Services Section is planned so that the individual person can receive specialized care and assistance with his particular difficulties."); Psychological and Psychiatric Phenomena in Mass Disaster, 1960; chart of Personal Services Organization; flow chart of Personal Service in a Welfare Centre; reports: Short Contact Interviewing in an Emergency Disaster Service, 1960; Factors Affecting Morale in the Attack By Mass Destructor Weapons, 1961; booklets from EWS Division: Personal Services, 1961
(folder #46) Welfare - Registration & Inquiry (c. 1959): reports: EWS Registration and Inquiry Staff Plans and Operations Course; Provincial Civil Defence Training Registration and Inquiry Service, 1959; booklets from EWS Division: Registration and Inquiry
(folder #47) Workmen's Compensation Safety Class (1971 - 1972): list of candidates to participate in the First Aid course, 1972; list of participants in Supervisor's Safety Training and First Aid courses, 1971
(folder #48) Workmen's Compensation Board - Civil Defence Agreement (1961, 1963): booklet, First Aid Requirements, 1963; An Agreement Providing For The Payment Of Compensation In Respect Of Injury Or Death Of Civil Defence Workers, 1961
(folder #49) Exercise Mecca Moose Jaw (1972): pamphlets, SEMO Information of Municipal Disaster Planning; Emergency Health Services Chart for Certified Nursing Assistants; City of Moose Jaw EMO Training Exercise "Mecca", 1972; 200 Bed Emergency Hospital Display; report: The Saskatchewan Emergency Health Services; correspondence re: "Mecca" training exercise
(folder #50) Emergency Health Financial - First Aid & Home Nursing Program #3: empty folder
(folder #51) Emergency Health Hospital Experience - Home Nursing Program #4: empty folder
(folder #52) Emergency Health Attendance Roll - FCD - II First Aid & Home Nursing - Blank Forms: empty folder
(folder #53) Emergency Welfare - Welfare Centre Plans 2000 - 4000 Evacuees Per Day: empty folder
(folder #54) Fire Correspondence to CDHQ: empty folder
(folder #55) Police Correspondence to CDHQ: empty folder
(folder #56) Civil Defence Act: empty folder
(folder #57) Publicity News Coverage (1965): list of participants in a Canadian Civil Defence College course, National Survival Organization Planning and Operations, 1965; newspaper clipping
(volume #1) SEMO Mutual Aid Area Organization Conference in SC, 1967 (grey duotang)
(folder #58) SC Mutual Aid Area (1966): maps outlining SC's Mutual Aid Area, other Aid Areas; correspondence re: EMO school and courses in SC for surrounding rural municipalities, establishment of a Rural Aid Area Organization, encompassing: Saskatchewan Landing, Swift Current, Excelsior and Coulee, Stewart Valley, Rush Lake and Waldeck, 1966
(folder #59) Mutual Aid Area Organization (1966 - 1967): agenda and minutes of Conference to Organize Municipal EMO Areas, 1967; information on SC EMO area, representatives; map of EMO Mutual Aid Organizations for southwest Saskatchewan; report: SEMO Mutual Aid Organization; SEMO address to Municipal Officials, 1966; correspondence, re: EMO meeting in SC, 1966
(folder #60) SEMO DIstrict Personnel - Training (no dates): list of individuals who have attended Provincial and Federal EMO courses in the Cabri, Leader, Ponteix, Maple Creek, Val Marie, Shaunavon, Gull Lake, and Eastend areas; information (listing of towns, villages and RMs) about EMO districts: Leader, Cabri, Gull Lake, Ponteix, Shaunavon, Swift Current, Eastend, Val Marie, Maple Creek
(folder #61) SEMO District Planning (1965, 1968): booklet: SEMO Mutual Aid Organization, 1965; agenda for SEMO Field Staff Orientation course, 1968
(folder #62) SEMO District Planning - District Welfare Manual (no date): Moose Jaw Social Welfare Region EWS Plan - Purpose and Responsibilities, Organization, Operations
(folder #63) SEMO Information Kit (1963, 1974, 1975): text of a speech on SC EMO, addressed to the Kiwanis Club; reports: SEMO Emergency Warning System, 1963; SEMO Municipal Survival Planning, 1963; SEMO Family and Individual Survival Plans, 1963; SEMO Survival Training, 1963; SEMO Radioactive Fallout, 1963; newspaper clippings re: 1963, 1974, 1975; SEMO Introduction to Survival Planning, 1963; SEMO Federal and Provincial Responsibilities in Survival Planning, 1963
(volume #2) SEMO Emergency Welfare, black duotang with various SEMO reports, 1968
(volume #3) SEMO Proposed SC Area EMO Orientation And Study Group, 1966
(folder #64) Untitled (1968): District Planning Committee Manual and Resource List; SEMO Provincial Emergency Planning District Boundaries (SC is #1); Government of Saskatchewan Standard Operating Procedures for Peacetime Disaster, 1968
(folder #65) Untitled (1967, 1970, 1973): booklet: SEMO Directors' Conference, 1967; information on SEMO, Project Tiger Lily, 1973; reports from various departments: agriculture, highways, natural resources, public health, welfare, telephone, labour, etc.; map of SC (orange dots); EMO newsletters, 1970; Civil Emergency Planning in Regina
(folder #66) Drylander's Park (1971): correspondence, newspaper clipping, report, re: Drylander's Park - Prairie Settlement Museum project, 1971
(volume #4) Discussion Topics for Syndicate Groups - Conference of Municipal Officials, 1973; inserts: SEMO Conference of Municipal Officials & EMO Coordinators, 1973; lists of 8 syndicate groups; report: Role of the EMO Coordinator
(volume #5) Untitled (no dates): blank registration cards from Civil Defence Welfare Services; Civil Defence Registration and Inquiry Service; blank forms: Change of Address; Lodging Facility; Lodging Assignment; Emergency Clothing; Case Index; report: Welfare Service: To provide emergency feeding, clothing, lodging, registration and inquiry, and personal welfare services as required during natural or national disaster
Box 5.
(volume #1) Provincial/Municipal Radiological Defence System, SC EMO (1968): report: Provisional Guide For Development Of The Provincial/Municipal Radiological Defence System, Canada EMO, 1968
(volume #2) Municipal Disaster Plan Conference (1961 - 1967): reports within volume: Criteria for Allocation of Financial Assistance to Provinces; Emergency Measures Unit Survival Plan; Model By-Law for the Establishment of an EMO; Peacetime Disaster Mutual Aid Agreement; Unit Emergency Government Headquarters (UEGHQ); UEGHQ / MEGHQ Organizational Charts, Lines of Succession, Equipment and Supplies, other information; Emergency Fire Service information; excerpts from The Civil Defence and Disaster Act, Alberta, 1961; Emergency Police Service information; Radiological Defence Service information; reports: Manitoba Civil Defence College EMO Municipal Emergency Planning, 1965;Canadian EM College Municipal Civil Emergency Plans; Town of Urbanville Civil Emergency Plans for Nuclear Emergency Peacetime Disaster - Reception of evacuees and casualties and mutual support, Protection of the population under conditions of fallout, Plans to counteract the effects of a direct attack, 1965
(volume #3) Untitled (c. 1953): First draft of proposed manual to assist civil defence organization and training in the mutual aid and receptions areas, c. 1953
(volume #4) Survival Planning Guide For Municipalities, prepared by EMO Privy Council Office, Ottawa, 1961
(folder #1) Maps (no dates): brochure for Honeywell Controls Limited motors; floor plan of the MEGHQ (basement of old City Hall)
(volume #5) SEMO Proposed SC Area EMO Orientation and Study Group, 1966; agenda of meeting, map of proposed SC Area (inc. City of SC, villages of Rush Lake, Stewart Valley, Waldeck, RMs of Coulee, SC, Excelsior, and Saskatchewan Landing); reports: SEMO Radiological Defence, 1963; SEMO Provincial Emergency Planning Responsibilities; SEMO Municipal Emergency Measures Organization, 1965; SEMO Financial Assistance Programme Project Submission; Mutual Aid Areas Expenditures; Model By-Law for the Establishment of an EMO, 1965; Model By-Law Authorizing the Execution of an Agreement Under the Village Act, i.e. agreement to exercise powers conferred on cities, towns, villages or RMs,by Section 9 of the Civil Defence and Disaster Act
(volume #6) SEMO Exercise Rainex II District EOC Information and Report Guide (no date)
(volume #7) SEMO Exercise Rainex II District EOC Information and Report Guide (no date)
(volume #8) SEMO Exercise Rainex II District EOC Information and Report Guide (no date)
(volume #9) Civil Defence Welfare Services Registration and Information (1952): chapters: Organization, Registration; Welfare Inquiries; General Welfare Services Information; The Central Registry; Personnel, 1952
(volume #10) Nuclear Weapons Effects, prepared for EMO Privy Council Office, Ottawa, by Dr. E.E. Massey, Defence Research Board, 1963
(volume #11) Nuclear Weapons Effects, prepared for EMO Privy Council Office, Ottawa, by Dr. E.E. Massey, Defence Research Board, 1963
(volume #12) SEMO Exercise Rainex II District EOC Information and Report Guide (no date)
(volume #13) Civil Defense In The Detroit Riots, by Peter McGillivray, Detroit Office of Civil Defense; a letter pertaining to the report, 1971
(volume #14) Survival Planning Guide For Municipalities, prepared by EMO, Ottawa, 1963
(volume #15) Provisional Guide For Development of the Provincial / Municipal Radiological Defence System, Canada EMO, Ottawa, 1968
(volume #16) Saskatchewan Emergency Measures Organization Course Manual - Techniques of Instruction, agenda, course material, 1972
(volume #17) Civil Defence Health Services Manual, Prepared by Civil Defence Health Planning Group, Department of National Health and Welfare, Ottawa, 1951
(folder #2) Untitled (no dates): City of SC Survival Plan Annex B, Municipal Emergency Government Headquarters; blank SEMO forms; blank forms for Engineering and Transportation Resources; SC EMO training exercise SCBI (Swift Current Bible Institute); RM of SC bylaw: "A bylaw to regulate the use of land and the location and use of buildings and other structures in the Swift Current Planning District, so as to provide for the amenity of the District, and the health, safety and general welfare of the inhabitants";advertisments for Civil Defence brochures
(volume #18) Civil Defence Welfare Services Training Plan, Reference Manual, Draft Copy, by Civil Defence, Canada, Department of National Health and Welfare, 1954
(volume #19) EMO Continuity of Government Planning Guide, by Privy Council Office, Ottawa, Restricted, 1962
(folder #3) Rescue Motor Toboggan (1972 - 1973): handwritten notes entitled "Standard Operating Procedure
City of Swift Current